17-10-2017, 09:39 AM
Intel Core is a line of central processing units (CPUs) for end users, workstations and mid-to-high enthusiasts, marketed by Intel Corporation. These processors moved the existing Pentium mid-to-high-end processors, moving the Pentium to the entry level, and hitting the Celeron processor series to the lower end. The identical or more capable versions of Core processors are also sold as Xeon processors for the server and workstation markets.
Beginning in June 2017, the line of Core processors included Intel Core i9, Intel Core i7, Intel Core i5 and Intel Core i3, along with the Intel Core Y Series CPUs. Although Intel Core is a brand that does not promise consistency nor internal continuity, the processors within this family have been, for the most part, largely similar.
The first products to receive this designation were the Core Solo and Core Duo Yonah processors for mobile devices in the Pentium M design tree, manufactured at 65 nm and released on the market in January 2006. These are substantially different in design than the rest of the product Intel Core group, derived from Pentium Pro lineage prior to Pentium 4.
The first desktop processor Intel Core - and a typical member of the family - came from the Conroe iteration, a 65nm dual-core design that was released in July 2006, based on the new Intel Core microarchitecture with substantial improvements in architecture microarchitecture efficiency and performance, surpassing the Pentium 4 in all areas (or near it), while operating at drastically lower clock rates. Maintenance of high cycle instructions (CPI) in a highly optimized and optimized out-of-order execution engine has remained a constant in the Intel Core product group ever since.
The new substantial bundle in microarchitecture came with the introduction of the 45nm Bloomfield desktop processor in November 2008 in the Nehalem architecture, whose main advantage was the redesigned I / O and memory systems with the new Intel QuickPath Interconnect and a Built-in memory controller that supports three channels of DDR3 memory.
Subsequent performance improvements tended to make additional rather than deeper changes, such as adding the Advanced Vector Extensions instruction set extensions to Sandy Bridge, first released at 32 nm in January 2011. Time has also improved support for virtualization and a trend towards higher levels of system integration and management functionality through the continuous evolution of facilities such as Intel Active Management Technology.
Beginning in June 2017, the line of Core processors included Intel Core i9, Intel Core i7, Intel Core i5 and Intel Core i3, along with the Intel Core Y Series CPUs. Although Intel Core is a brand that does not promise consistency nor internal continuity, the processors within this family have been, for the most part, largely similar.
The first products to receive this designation were the Core Solo and Core Duo Yonah processors for mobile devices in the Pentium M design tree, manufactured at 65 nm and released on the market in January 2006. These are substantially different in design than the rest of the product Intel Core group, derived from Pentium Pro lineage prior to Pentium 4.
The first desktop processor Intel Core - and a typical member of the family - came from the Conroe iteration, a 65nm dual-core design that was released in July 2006, based on the new Intel Core microarchitecture with substantial improvements in architecture microarchitecture efficiency and performance, surpassing the Pentium 4 in all areas (or near it), while operating at drastically lower clock rates. Maintenance of high cycle instructions (CPI) in a highly optimized and optimized out-of-order execution engine has remained a constant in the Intel Core product group ever since.
The new substantial bundle in microarchitecture came with the introduction of the 45nm Bloomfield desktop processor in November 2008 in the Nehalem architecture, whose main advantage was the redesigned I / O and memory systems with the new Intel QuickPath Interconnect and a Built-in memory controller that supports three channels of DDR3 memory.
Subsequent performance improvements tended to make additional rather than deeper changes, such as adding the Advanced Vector Extensions instruction set extensions to Sandy Bridge, first released at 32 nm in January 2011. Time has also improved support for virtualization and a trend towards higher levels of system integration and management functionality through the continuous evolution of facilities such as Intel Active Management Technology.