Intel I7-900 DEKSTOP SPECIFICATION User manual

Intel®Core™ i7-900 Desktop

Processor Extreme Edition Series

and Intel®Core™ i7-900 Desktop

Processor Series

Specification Update

April 2010

Document Number: 320836-015

Notice: Intel® Core™ i7-900 Desktop Processor Extreme Edition Series and Intel® Core™ i7-

900 Desktop Processor Series may contain design defects or errors known as errata which may

cause the product to deviate from published specifications. Current characterized errata are

documented in this Specification Update.

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Specification Update 3

Contents

Preface ................................................................................................................................. 5

Summary Tables of Changes ................................................................................................... 7

Identification Information ...................................................................................................... 17

Errata.................................................................................................................................. 19

Specification Changes ........................................................................................................... 66

Specification Clarifications ..................................................................................................... 67

Documentation Changes ........................................................................................................ 68

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Revision History

Revision Description Date

-001 •Initial Release November 2008

-002 •Updated Specification Clarification AAJ1.

•Added Erratum AAJ89 January 2009

-003 •Updated Errata AAJ21, AAJ69

•Added Errata AAJ90-AAJ105 March 11th 2009

-004

•Added D0 stepping information

•Included i7-920 processor conversion to D0 step

•Deleted Erratum AAJ105 and replaced with new erratum

•Added Errata AAJ106-AAJ108

May 13th 2009

-005 •Included Intel® Core™ i7-975 processor Extreme Edition and

Intel® Core™ i7-950 processor June 3rd 2009

-006 •Added Errata AAJ109 - AAJ117 July 15th 2009

-007 •Added Errata AAJ118 - AAJ124 Aug 12th 2009

-008 •Added Errata AAJ125 and AAJ126 September 9th 2009

-009 •Added Errata AAJ127 - AAJ132 October 12th, 2009

-010 •Added Intel® Core™ i7-960 information October 19th, 2009

-011 •Added Errata AAJ133 - AAJ136 November 9th , 2009

-012 •Updated Errata AAJ121 and AAJ126 January, 2010

-013 •Added Errata AAJ137 February 7th, 2010

-014 •Added Intel® Core™ i7-930 information February 28th, 2010

-015 •Added Errata AAJ 138 March 16th, 2010

-016 •Added Errata AAJ 139 April 13th, 2010

Preface

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Preface

This document is an update to the specifications contained in the Affected Documents

table below. This document is a compilation of device and documentation errata,

specification clarifications and changes. It is intended for hardware system

manufacturers and software developers of applications, operating systems, or tools.

Information types defined in the Nomenclature section are consolidated into the

specification update and are no longer published in other documents.

This document may also contain information that was not previously published.

Affected Documents

Document Title Document

Number/Location

Intel®Core™ i7-900 Desktop Processor Extreme Edition Series and

Intel®Core™ i7-900 Desktop Processor Series Datasheet Volume 1

http://download.intel.com

/design/processor/datash

ts/320834.pdf

Intel®Core™ i7-900 Desktop Processor Extreme Edition Series and

Intel®Core™ i7-900 Desktop Processor Series Datasheet Volume 2

http://download.intel.com

/design/processor/datash

ts/320835.pdf

Related Documents

Document Title Document

Number/Location

AP-485, Intel®Processor Identification and the CPUID Instruction http://www.intel.com/des

ign/processor/applnots/2

41618.htm

Intel®64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual

Documentation Changes

http://www.intel.com/des

ign/processor/specupdt/2

52046.htm

ACPI Specifications www.acpi.info

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Document Title Document

Number/Location