Intel CORE I7-900, CORE I7-900 EXTREME User Manual

documented in this Specification Update.
Intel® Core™ i7-900 Desktop Processor Extreme Edition Series
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and Intel
Core™ i7-900 Desktop
Specification Update
April 2010
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Notice: Intel 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
Core™ i7-900 Desktop Processor Extreme Edition Series and Intel® Core™ i7-
Document Number: 320836-015
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Intel® Core™ i7 processor
Specification Update
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 Histor y
Revision Description Date
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-010 Added Intel
-011 Added Errata AAJ133 - AAJ136 November 9
• Initial Release
• Updated Specification Clarification AAJ1.
• Added Erratum AAJ89
• Updated Errata AAJ21, AAJ69
Added Errata AAJ90-AAJ105
• Added D0 stepping information
Included i7-920 processor conversion to D0 step
• Deleted Erratum AAJ105 and replaced with new erratum
Added Errata AAJ106-AAJ108
Included Intel® Core™ i7-975 processor Extreme Edition and
Intel® Core™ i7-950 processor
Added Errata AAJ109 - AAJ117
Added Errata AAJ118 - AAJ124
Added Errata AAJ125 and AAJ126
Added Errata AAJ127 - AAJ132
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Core™ i7-960 information October 19th, 2009
November 2008
January 2009
March 11th 2009
May 13
June 3rd 2009
July 15th 2009
Aug 12th 2009
September 9th 2009
October 12th, 2009
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-014 Added Intel
-015 Added Errata AAJ 138 March 16
-016 Added Errata AAJ 139 April 13
Updated Errata AAJ121 and AAJ126 January, 2010
• Added Errata AAJ137
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Core™ i7-930 information February 28th, 2010
February 7th, 2010
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Preface

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

Intel® Core™ i7-900 Desktop Processor Extreme Edition Series and
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Core™ i7-900 Desktop Processor Series Datasheet Volume 1
Intel
Intel® Core™ i7-900 Desktop Processor Extreme Edition Series and
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Core™ i7-900 Desktop Processor Series Datasheet Volume 2
Intel

Related Documents

AP-485, Intel® Processor Id e ntification and the CPUID Instruction http://www.intel.com/des
Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Sof tw are Developer’s Manua l Documentation Changes
ACPI Specificatio ns www.acpi.info
Document Title Document
Number/Location
http://download.intel.com
/design/processor/datash
ts/320834.pdf
http://download.intel.com
/design/processor/datash
ts/320835.pdf
Document Title Document
Number/Location
ign/processor/applnots/2
41618.htm
http://www.intel.com/des
ign/processor/specupdt/2
52046.htm
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