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....and we thought the 45nm Penryn is hot. There will be a major new change in the Intel architecture. The Core will be a thing of the past. Make way for "Nehalem" next year. Core 2 Duo, make room because you're headed out the door. It will still be using the 45nm process. Making a return here is get this: Hyper Threading!!! Haha, funny huh? I don't know if they will dub it Hyper Threading, but it will be very similar.
Nehalem will also introduce the first multi-level shared cache architecture that will allow the different cores on a processor to share data at the L1 and possibly L3 cache levels in addition to the current L2 cache sharing implemented on the Core architecture. This can allow for better data sharing between cores and increase performance for highly threaded applications.
The performance enhancement will allow CPUs with 8 cores to power down to just 2 or 4 cores in situations only needing those levels of performance. Talk about scaling!!!
Nehalem cores will be scalable and configurable and will include features such as variable size caches, differing interconnects as well as on-die memory controllers for the first time in an Intel processor. An optional high performance integrated graphics could be included on the same processor die as well!
Intel's summary is that Penryn would be ready this year and that we would see "production" of Nehalem in 2008 which usually indicates a late 2008 or 2009 time frame for delivery.
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After Nehalem, Intel has plans for a new shrink derivative. They're going to 32nm process after that and it's nicknamed, "Westmere". No update to this yet, but Intel also plan on creating a brand new architecture AGAIN after the release of Westmere. This new architecture change is called, "Gesher" which is also using the 32nm design.
Talk about a peek into the future. More like within the next 4-years.
Nehalem will also introduce the first multi-level shared cache architecture that will allow the different cores on a processor to share data at the L1 and possibly L3 cache levels in addition to the current L2 cache sharing implemented on the Core architecture. This can allow for better data sharing between cores and increase performance for highly threaded applications.
The performance enhancement will allow CPUs with 8 cores to power down to just 2 or 4 cores in situations only needing those levels of performance. Talk about scaling!!!
Nehalem cores will be scalable and configurable and will include features such as variable size caches, differing interconnects as well as on-die memory controllers for the first time in an Intel processor. An optional high performance integrated graphics could be included on the same processor die as well!
Intel's summary is that Penryn would be ready this year and that we would see "production" of Nehalem in 2008 which usually indicates a late 2008 or 2009 time frame for delivery.
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After Nehalem, Intel has plans for a new shrink derivative. They're going to 32nm process after that and it's nicknamed, "Westmere". No update to this yet, but Intel also plan on creating a brand new architecture AGAIN after the release of Westmere. This new architecture change is called, "Gesher" which is also using the 32nm design.
Talk about a peek into the future. More like within the next 4-years.
