/proc/cpuinfo cpu database?

[Kimball Larsen]

On May 24, 2007, at 10:12 AM, Kenneth Burgener wrote:

> Is there a list, or a database (similar to pcidatabase.com), that  
> lists
> the processors based upon the "cpu family", "model", and "stepping"
> found in /proc/cpuinfo?
>
> For example:
> cpu family 15
> model 6
> stepping 5
>
> The wiki[1,2] has a good list of processors from AMD/Intel but the
> listings are all based on a "market name" and "stepping", but their
> stepping is a "letter - number" where /proc/cpuinfo only shows a  
> "number".
>
> The main thing I am trying to determine is if the CPU is a 64bit
> processor, and the only true way would be to look up the processor,
> correct?  (uname only indicates what kernel is installed, not what is
> possible)
>

Not exactly the answer you are after, most likely, but I've used lshw  
lately to figure out the nitty-gritties of the hardware I'm on.  I  
prefer the information it provides over that of /proc/cpuinfo

I wrote a little tip about it in my blog some time ago:
http://www.kimballlarsen.com/cgi-bin/blosxom/2007/02/01#lshw

-- Kimball