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CAMEL - CPU Identifier Class

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A class to detect ALL the features of the CPU / CPUs in the local system. Now at version 1.2
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Introduction

Camel is a generic Windows® / Linux CPU detection class which can display details about the hardware installed within the computer. It can display items such as the CPU manufacturer, CPU model and name, clock speed and other hardware details.

What Do I Get With This?

Well a complete CPU identification and capabilities class. Also there is a complete Windows version detection algorithm included in the demo source. The demo (including pre-compiled binary) provides a replacement for WCPUID and similar applications and as the binary is < 150 kb, it is nice and small.

How Can I Use It?

1. E-Mail me for permission to use/include (always given). I just want to know what purpose it is being used for. It is provided completely for "Non-Commercial Usage."
2. Include the files in your C++ project.
3. Compile!
4. Play!

What About.... AKA: Specific In-depth Details

Supports Microsoft® Windows™ From:

Windows™ 95 / 95 OSR2 / 95 OSR2.5
Windows™ 98 / 98 SE
Windows™ Millennium
Windows™ NT 3.51
Windows™ NT 4.0 Workstation / Server [Including SP1 to SP6a]
Windows™ 2000 Workstation / Server / Advanced Server / Datacenter Server (Including SP1 to SP3)
Windows™ XP Personal / Professional [Including SP1]
Windows™ .NET Web Server / Standard Server / Enterprise Server

Supports Processors From:

Intel / AMD / Cyrix / Rise / UMC / IDT / Transmeta / NexGen / National Semiconductor

See Camel.txt for processor listings... E.g. Pentium III "Coppermine" or Athlon XP 1800+ (Thoroughbred Core).

Detects Hardware Features:

Processor hardware

Single Processors
Dual Processors
Multiple Processors
HyperThreading Technology
Serial Number [if enabled]
On-Chip APIC Hardware
Hard-Coded Chip Names
L1 Cache Size
L2 Cache Size
L3 Cache Size
CPU Clock Speed [of each processor]
Thermal Monitioring Support
ACPI Support
On-Chip PowerManagement [SpeedStep, etc.]

Multimedia Instruction Sets

MMX
MMX+
Streaming SIMD Extensions
Streaming SIMD Extensions [Floating Point]
Streaming SIMD Extensions [MMX]
Streaming SIMD Extensions 2
3DNow!
3DNow!+

General Instruction Sets

Floating Point Unit [FPU]
Time Stamp Counter [TSC]
Conditional Move [CMOV]
Memory Type Range Registers [MTRR]

Other notes:

The 2nd generation CPU speed test is "loosely" based on code from Pavlos Touboulidis. It is far enough removed to be no-longer copyright to him. I think. Anyway this is the obligatory mention.

Known Bugs And Problems:

CAM_00000001: Last Tree Node Fails To Display '+' Icon Properly.
CAM_00000002: CPU Speed Detection Results With +/- 10MHz Deviation. (FIXED: Version 1.2)
CAM_00000003: Fails To Detect APIC ID Properly With < Intel P4 Processors.

NOTE:

Some of the functionality is missing. Some of the menu items do not yet work nor some of the benchmarks. None of these missing features affect the CPU identification code! I apologize and will implement these in time. Or you can.....

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)


Written By
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Iain Chesworth graduated from Heriot-Watt University in June of 2002 in Computer Science and Physics. He now works as a C++ programmer and plays with code in his spare time. He is also a keen cyclist and swimmer.

Comments and Discussions

 
GeneralMy vote of 3 Pin
Mahdi Nejadsahebi24-Oct-11 21:07
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Generalthanks Pin
zhanjx2-Feb-10 22:50
zhanjx2-Feb-10 22:50 
GeneralSimple way to get CPU Name - works with new CPUs (Intel Core2 Extreme - Q9300 2.53GHz) Pin
matt200028-Oct-09 6:51
matt200028-Oct-09 6:51 
GeneralBroken link for the newest Camel code Pin
Hunt Chang3-Oct-08 1:03
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Questionno windows code ? Pin
Member 30685-Aug-08 12:41
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GeneralCPU identification tool for 64-bit windows Pin
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GeneralDetecting number of CPUs Pin
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CalicoSkies21-Mar-05 21:34
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Iain,

I am doing a project for school, and I would like to use your cpu_info source. I'm writing a multi-track audio recording application, and I require having a delay in part of the applicaiton in order to synchronize sound playback & recording, and it looks like I'll need to adjust the delay based on computer speed. Your source would help.

Eric
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