The LM89 is an 11-bit digital temperature sensor with a 2-wire System Management Bus (SMBus) serial interface. The LM89 accurately measures its own temperature as well as the temperature of an external device, such as processor thermal diode or diode-connected transistor such as the 2N3904. The temperature of any ASIC can be accurately determined using the LM89 as long as a dedicated diode (semiconductor junction) is available on the target die. The LM89 remote sensor accuracy of ±0.75°C is factory trimmed for the series resistance and 1.0021 typical non-ideality factor of the Intel® Pentium™ 4 and the Mobile Pentium 4 Processor-M thermal diode. The LM89 has an Offset register to allow measuring other diodes without requiring continuous software management. Contact to obtain the latest data for new processors.