The SDL Component Suite is an industry leading collection of components supporting scientific and engineering computing. Please visit the SDL Web site for more information....


Home BasePack CPUID Procedures and Functions CPU_Type
 

CPU_Type

Unit:SDL_cpuid
Class: none
Declaration: function CPU_Type: LongInt;

The function CPU_Type indicates whether the CPU was designed for installation by a consumer (end user) or by a professional PC system integrator, service company, or manufacturer. Type 1 indicates that the microprocessor was intended for installation by a consumer (e.g. upgrade such as an Intel OverDrive(R) processor). Type 0 indicates that the microprocessor was intended for installation by a professional PC system integrator, service company or manufacturer. The processor type depends on whether the processor is a single processor, dual processor, or an OverDrive processor.

Example: This function is used in the following example program (see http://www.lohninger.com/examples.html for downloading the code): cpuinfo


Last Update: 2023-Feb-06