Jack Doweck

The Implementation of the 65nm Dual-Core 64b Merom Processor

Merom is a dual-core 64b processor implementing the Coretrade architecture. The 143mm2 die has 291M transistors in a 65nm 8M process. The shared 4MB 16-way L2 cache uses PMOS power gating to minimize leakage. The processor operates in a wide core frequency range of 1 to 3GHz, a bus frequency range of 666 to 1333MHz and voltage range of 0.85 to 1.325V, while providing 40% better power performance.

Inside Intel® Core microarchitecture

This article consists of a collection of slides from the authors conference presentation on Intels Core product lines microarchitecture, a new foundation for Intel architecture-based mobile, desktop, and server processors that incorporates advanced innovations which optimize performance over a range of market segments. Some of the specific topics discussed include: the special features and system specifications of Intel Core; memory management and prefetching capabilities; system performance and flexibility; multithreading capabilities; and a summary of key features and processing facilities.

Inside 6th gen Intel ® Core™: New microarchitecture code named skylake

•Skylake delivers record levels of performance and battery life in many personal computing use cases and form factors •Intel® Speed Shift Technology provides higher performance, responsiveness and efficiency at power constrained form factors •Skylake Processor Graphics delivers scalable performance, >1TFLOPS compute, enhanced low power media engines, flexible power management, and end-to-end 4K experience •Skylake family of products allows developers to: •Choose from wide range of platform capabilities •Innovate with products for wide range of thermal envelopes and I/O solutions •Optimize the system performance using the advanced PMU capabilities •Skylake introduces Intel® SGX: a revolutionary game changer to trusted application security in the main stream SW environment