Jeffrey D. Chamberlain

Ivy Bridge Server: A Converged Design

The Intel microarchitecture code named Ivy Bridge (IVB) represents Intels first processor (CPU) design that services product markets from high-end desktops to mission-critical computing. With one converged design, IVB enables a rich portfolio of products and meets power, performance, and cost targets through multiple die options and configurations. IVB is the first server CPU using Intels 22-nm process technology. It achieves scalability in die size, core count, cache size, socket count, and memory size while improving power efficiency and decreasing idle power.