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A CLI Utility for viewing CPU info (x86, Arm, and PowerPC)

2 starsRust

A CPU info utility for DOS, Linux, etc.

by timw4mail·Mar 10, 2026·1 point·0 comments
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AI Analysis

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DOS-compatible CPUID tool when cpufetch already exists for modern systems.

Strengths
  • •DOS binary output runs on 386-class hardware or DOSBox-X without dependencies.
  • •Maps CPU signatures to microarchitectures like Zen 4 with codename and process node.
  • •Supports obscure vendors like Cyrix, VIA, Zhaoxin, Rise, and Transmeta.
Weaknesses
  • •Author admits Intel Core/Thread count and multi-socket support still missing.
  • •CPU info category already served by cpufetch, CPU-X, and hwinfo.
Target Audience

Systems programmers, retro computing enthusiasts, hardware testers

Similar To

cpufetch · CPU-X · hwinfo

Post Description

Written in Rust mostly because I'm no good with C (and Rust pattern matching is really useful with tables of CPU information).

Still to do: Intel Core/Thread count, a bunch more Intel CPU mappings, multiple sockets, and perhaps Centaur-specific data sections.

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