Question

Explain the term twin pipeline in pentium processor??​

Answer 1

The Pentium processor has 2 separate 8-kilobyte (KB) caches on chip one for instructions and another for data.

It permits the Pentium processor to get data and instructions from the cache simultaneously.

Pentium processor has 2 primary operating modes -

Protected Mode - This mode all instructions and architectural features are available providing highest performance and capability.  

Real-Address Mode - This mode gives the programming environment of Intel 8086 processor with few extensions.