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• Microprocessor
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Central processing unit - Microprocessors
Combined with the advent and
eventual success of the ubiquitous
personal computer, the term CPU is
now applied almost exclusively[a] to
microprocessors
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Central processing unit - Microprocessors
This has allowed synchronous
microprocessors to have clock rates
ranging from tens of megahertz to several
gigahertz
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Central processing unit - Microprocessors
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While the complexity, size, construction,
and general form of CPUs have changed
enormously since 1950, it is notable that
the basic design and function has not
changed much at all
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Loongson - Godson microprocessor specifications
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Name / Generation
Model Frequency
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Loongson - Godson microprocessor specifications
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Godson-3 (multiCore) L3A/L2GQ 1000 MIPS64
2009+ 4 65 425+ 174.5 <15 1.1 64×4
64×4 4096 568/788
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Microprocessor Report
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Microprocessor Report, is a publication for
engineers and other industry professionals
on microprocessors. The publication is
accessible only to paying subscribers. To
avoid bias, it does not take advertisements.
The publication provides extensive analysis
of new high-performance microprocessor
chips. In addition, it covers microprocessor
design issues, microprocessor-based
systems, new memory and system logic
chips, embedded processors, DSP
technology, and intellectual property (IP)
cores.
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Microprocessor Report
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The publication gives
annual awards to the
best microprocessor
products
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Microprocessor Report
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On May 6, 2010, Microprocessor
Report was acquired by The
Linley Group
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Microprocessor Report
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In addition to Slater, frequent contributors
have included Linley Gwennap, Keith
Diefendorff, Peter Glaskowsky, Kevin
Krewell, Tom Halfhill, and Max Baron. The
current staff, led by editor-in-chief
Gwennap, includes Krewell and Halfhill.
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Microprocessor Report
Slater wrote an
account of the early
years for the work's
tenth anniversary.
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Microprocessor
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Microprocessors operate on numbers and
symbols represented in the binary numeral
system.
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Microprocessor
The advent of low-cost computers on
integrated circuits has transformed modern
society. General-purpose microprocessors in
personal computers are used for
computation, text editing, multimedia display,
and communication over the Internet. Many
more microprocessors are part of embedded
systems, providing digital control over myriad
objects from appliances to automobiles to
cellular phones and industrial process
control.
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Microprocessor
Intel introduced its first 4-bit
microprocessor 4004 in 1971 and its 8bit microprocessor 8008 in 1972
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In the NASA Apollo space missions to
the moon in the 1960s and 1970s, all
onboard computations for primary
guidance, navigation and control were
provided by a small custom processor
called "The Apollo Guidance
Computer". It used wire wrap circuit
boards whose only logic elements
were three-input NOR gates.
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Microprocessor
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The integration of a whole CPU onto a single
chip or on a few chips greatly reduced the
cost of processing power. The integrated
circuit processor was produced in large
numbers by highly automated processes, so
unit cost was low. Single-chip processors
increase reliability as there are many fewer
electrical connections to fail. As
microprocessor designs get faster, the cost of
manufacturing a chip (with smaller
components built on a semiconductor chip
the same size) generally stays the same.
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Microprocessor
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Microprocessors integrated into one or a few
large-scale ICs the architectures that had
previously been implemented using many
medium- and small-scale integrated circuits.
Continued increases in microprocessor
capacity have rendered other forms of
computers almost completely obsolete (see
history of computing hardware), with one or
more microprocessors used in everything
from the smallest embedded systems and
handheld devices to the largest mainframes
and supercomputers.
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Microprocessor
The first microprocessors emerged in the
early 1970s and were used for electronic
calculators, using binary-coded decimal
(BCD) arithmetic on 4-bit words. Other
embedded uses of 4-bit and 8-bit
microprocessors, such as terminals, printers,
various kinds of automation etc., followed
soon after. Affordable 8-bit microprocessors
with 16-bit addressing also led to the first
general-purpose microcomputers from the
mid-1970s on.
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Microprocessor
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Since the early 1970s, the increase in
capacity of microprocessors has
followed Moore's law; this originally
suggested that the number of
components that can be fitted onto a
chip doubles every year. With present
technology, it is actually every two
years, and as such Moore later
changed the period to two years.
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Microprocessor - Embedded applications
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Non-programmable controls would require
complex, bulky, or costly implementation
to achieve the results possible with a
microprocessor.
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Microprocessor - Embedded applications
A microprocessor control program
(embedded software) can be easily
tailored to different needs of a product line,
allowing upgrades in performance with
minimal redesign of the product. Different
features can be implemented in different
models of a product line at negligible
production cost.
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Microprocessor - Embedded applications
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Microprocessor control of a system can
provide control strategies that would be
impractical to implement using
electromechanical controls or purposebuilt electronic controls. For example, an
engine control system in an automobile
can adjust ignition timing based on
engine speed, load on the engine,
ambient temperature, and any observed
tendency for knocking—allowing an
automobile to operate on a range of fuel
grades.
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Microprocessor - Structure
The internal arrangement of a
microprocessor varies depending on
the age of the design and the intended
purposes of the processor
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Microprocessor - Structure
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A minimal hypothetical microprocessor
might only include an arithmetic logic
unit (ALU) and a control logic section
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Microprocessor - Structure
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Integration of the floating point unit first as
a separate integrated circuit and then as
part of the same microprocessor chip,
sped up floating point calculations.
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Microprocessor - Structure
Occasionally, physical limitations of
integrated circuits made such practices as a
bit slice approach necessary. Instead of
processing all of a long word on one
integrated circuit, multiple circuits in parallel
processed subsets of each data word. While
this required extra logic to handle, for
example, carry and overflow within each
slice, the result was a system that could
handle, say, 32-bit words using integrated
circuits with a capacity for only 4 bits each.
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Microprocessor - Structure
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With the ability to put large numbers of
transistors on one chip, it becomes
feasible to integrate memory on the same
die as the processor. This CPU cache has
the advantage of faster access than offchip memory, and increases the
processing speed of the system for many
applications. Generally, processor speed
has increased more rapidly than external
memory speed, so cache memory is
necessary if the processor is not delayed
by slower external memory.
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Microprocessor - Firsts
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Three projects delivered a microprocessor
at about the same time: Garrett
AiResearch's Central Air Data Computer ()
(1968), Texas Instruments (TI) TMS 1000
(1971 September), and Intel's 4004 (1971
November).
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Microprocessor - CADC
(2007), "The scientific papers and
literature published around 1971
reveal that the MP944 digital
processor used for the F-14 Tomcat
aircraft of the US Navy qualifies as the
first microprocessor
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Microprocessor - Gilbert Hyatt
Gilbert Hyatt was awarded a patent
claiming an invention pre-dating both
TI and Intel, describing a
"microcontroller". The patent was later
invalidated, but not before substantial
royalties were paid out.
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Microprocessor - TMS 1000
The Smithsonian Institution says TI
engineers Gary Boone and Michael
Cochran succeeded in creating the first
microcontroller (also called a
microcomputer) and the first lonechipped CPU in 1971. The result of their
work was the TMS 1000, which went
commercial in 1974. TI stressed the 4-bit
TMS 1000 for use in pre-programmed
embedded applications, introducing a
version called the TMS1802NC on
September 17, 1971 that implemented a
calculator on a chip.
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Microprocessor - TMS 1000
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TI filed for a patent on the microprocessor.
Gary Boone was awarded U.S. Patent
3,757,306 for the single-chip microprocessor
architecture on September 4, 1973. In 1971
and again in 1976, Intel and TI entered into
broad patent cross-licensing agreements,
with Intel paying royalties to TI for the
microprocessor patent. A history of these
events is contained in court documentation
from a legal dispute between Cyrix and Intel,
with TI as intervenor and owner of the
microprocessor patent.
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Microprocessor - TMS 1000
A computer-on-a-chip combines the
microprocessor core (CPU), memory,
and I/O (input/output) lines onto one
chip. The computer-on-a-chip patent,
called the "microcomputer patent" at the
time, U.S. Patent 4,074,351, was awarded
to Gary Boone and Michael J. Cochran of
TI. Aside from this patent, the standard
meaning of microcomputer is a
computer using one or more
microprocessors as its CPU(s), while the
concept defined in the patent is more
akin to a microcontroller.
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Microprocessor - Intel 4004
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The Intel 4004 is generally regarded as
the first commercially available
microprocessor, and cost $60
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Microprocessor - Intel 4004
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Faggin, who originally developed the silicon
gate technology (SGT) in 1968 at Fairchild
Semiconductor and designed the world’s first
commercial integrated circuit using SGT, the
Fairchild 3708, had the correct background to
lead the project into what would become the
first commercial general purpose
microprocessor, since it was his very own
invention, SGT in addition to his new
methodology for random logic design, that
made it possible to implement a single-chip
CPU with the proper speed, power dissipation
and cost
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Microprocessor - Pico/General Instrument
In 1971 Pico Electronics and General
Instrument (GI) introduced their first
collaboration in ICs, a complete single chip
calculator IC for the Monroe/Litton Royal
Digital III calculator. This chip could also
arguably lay claim to be one of the first
microprocessors or microcontrollers having
ROM, RAM and a RISC instruction set onchip. The layout for the four layers of the
PMOS process was hand drawn at x500
scale on mylar film, a significant task at the
time given the complexity of the chip.
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Microprocessor - Pico/General Instrument
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Pico was a spinout by five GI design
engineers whose vision was to create
single chip calculator ICs. They had
significant previous design experience
on multiple calculator chipsets with
both GI and Marconi-Elliott. The key
team members had originally been
tasked by Elliott Automation to create
an 8 bit computer in MOS and had
helped establish a MOS Research
Laboratory in Glenrothes, Scotland in
1967.
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Microprocessor - Pico/General Instrument
Calculators were becoming the largest
single market for semiconductors and Pico
and GI went on to have significant success
in this burgeoning market. GI continued to
innovate in microprocessors and
microcontrollers with products including
the CP1600, IOB1680 and PIC1650. In
1987 the GI Microelectronics business
was spun out into the Microchip PIC
microcontroller business.
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Microprocessor - Four-Phase Systems AL1
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The Four-Phase Systems AL1 was an 8-bit
bit slice chip containing eight registers and an
ALU. It was designed by Lee Boysel in 1969.
At the time, it formed part of a nine-chip, 24bit CPU with three AL1s, but it was later
called a microprocessor when, in response to
1990s litigation by Texas Instruments, a
demonstration system was constructed
where a single AL1 formed part of a
courtroom demonstration computer system,
together with RAM, ROM, and an inputoutput device.
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Microprocessor - 8-bit designs
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Intel marketed it as the 8008 in April, 1972, as the
world's first 8-bit microprocessor
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Microprocessor - 8-bit designs
The 8008 was the precursor to the very
successful Intel 8080 (1974), which
offered much improved performance over
the 8008 and required fewer support
chips, Zilog Z80 (1976), and derivative
Intel 8-bit processors. The competing
Motorola 6800 was released August 1974
and the similar MOS Technology 6502 in
1975 (both designed largely by the same
people). The 6502 family rivaled the Z80 in
popularity during the 1980s.
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Microprocessor - 8-bit designs
A low overall cost, small packaging,
simple computer bus requirements, and
sometimes the integration of extra
circuitry (e.g. the Z80's built-in memory
refresh circuitry) allowed the home
computer "revolution" to accelerate
sharply in the early 1980s. This delivered
such inexpensive machines as the
Sinclair ZX-81, which sold for US$99. A
variation of the 6502, the MOS Technology
6510 was used in the Commodore 64 and
yet another variant, the 8502, powered the
Commodore 128.
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Microprocessor - 8-bit designs
The Western Design Center, Inc (WDC)
introduced the CMOS 65C02 in 1982 and
licensed the design to several firms. It was
used as the CPU in the Apple IIe and IIc
personal computers as well as in medical
implantable grade pacemakers and
defibrillators, automotive, industrial and
consumer devices. WDC pioneered the
licensing of microprocessor designs, later
followed by ARM and other microprocessor
Intellectual Property (IP) providers in the
1990s.
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Microprocessor - 8-bit designs
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Motorola introduced the MC6809 in 1978,
an ambitious and thought-through 8-bit
design source compatible with the 6800
and implemented using purely hard-wired
logic. (Subsequent 16-bit microprocessors
typically used microcode to some extent,
as CISC design requirements were getting
too complex for purely hard-wired logic
only.)
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Microprocessor - 8-bit designs
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Another early 8-bit microprocessor was
the Signetics 2650, which enjoyed a brief
surge of interest due to its innovative and
powerful instruction set architecture.
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Microprocessor - 8-bit designs
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Thus, the SOS version of the 1802 was said to be
the first radiation-hardened microprocessor.
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Microprocessor - 8-bit designs
The RCA 1802 had what is called a
static design, meaning that the clock
frequency could be made arbitrarily
low, even to 0 Hz, a total stop condition
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Microprocessor - 12-bit designs
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The Intersil 6100 family consisted of a 12-bit
microprocessor (the 6100) and a range of
peripheral support and memory ICs. The
microprocessor recognised the DEC PDP-8
minicomputer instruction set. As such it was
sometimes referred to as the CMOS-PDP8.
Since it was also produced by Harris
Corporation, it was also known as the Harris
HM-6100. By virtue of its CMOS technology
and associated benefits, the 6100 was being
incorporated into some military designs until
the early 1980s.
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Microprocessor - 16-bit designs
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The first multi-chip 16-bit microprocessor
was the National Semiconductor IMP-16,
introduced in early 1973. An 8-bit version
of the chipset was introduced in 1974 as
the IMP-8.
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Microprocessor - 16-bit designs
Other early multi-chip 16-bit
microprocessors include one that Digital
Equipment Corporation (DEC) used in
the LSI-11 OEM board set and the
packaged PDP 11/03 minicomputer—
and the Fairchild Semiconductor
MicroFlame 9440, both introduced in
1975–1976. In 1975, National introduced
the first 16-bit single-chip
microprocessor, the National
Semiconductor PACE, which was later
followed by an NMOS version, the
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Microprocessor - 16-bit designs
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The chip was packaged in a large ceramic
64-pin DIP package, while most 8-bit
microprocessors such as the Intel 8080
used the more common, smaller, and less
expensive plastic 40-pin DIP
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Microprocessor - 16-bit designs
The Western Design Center (WDC)
introduced the CMOS 65816 16-bit
upgrade of the WDC CMOS 65C02 in
1984. The 65816 16-bit microprocessor
was the core of the Apple IIgs and later the
Super Nintendo Entertainment System,
making it one of the most popular 16-bit
designs of all time.
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Microprocessor - 16-bit designs
The 8088, a version of the 8086 that
used an 8-bit external data bus, was the
microprocessor in the first IBM PC
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Microprocessor - 16-bit designs
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The combination of an x86 CPU and an
x87 coprocessor forms a single multichip microprocessor; the two chips are
programmed as a unit using a single
integrated instruction set
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Microprocessor - 32-bit designs
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The most significant of the 32-bit designs is the
Motorola MC68000, introduced in 1979
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Microprocessor - 32-bit designs
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These microprocessors were used in
the AT&T 3B5 and 3B15
minicomputers; in the 3B2, the world's
first desktop supermicrocomputer; in
the "Companion", the world's first 32bit laptop computer; and in
"Alexander", the world's first booksized supermicrocomputer, featuring
ROM-pack memory cartridges
similar to today's gaming consoles
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Microprocessor - 32-bit designs
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The first commercial, single chip, fully
32-bit microprocessor available on the
market was the HP FOCUS.
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Microprocessor - 32-bit designs
Intel's first 32-bit microprocessor was
the iAPX 432, which was introduced in
1981 but was not a commercial success.
It had an advanced capability-based
object-oriented architecture, but poor
performance compared to contemporary
architectures such as Intel's own 80286
(introduced 1982), which was almost four
times as fast on typical benchmark tests.
However, the results for the iAPX432 was
partly due to a rushed and therefore
suboptimal Ada compiler.
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The ARM first appeared in
1985
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Microprocessor - 32-bit designs
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Motorola's success with the 68000 led to the
MC68010, which added virtual memory support
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Microprocessor - 32-bit designs
Other large companies designed the
68020 and follow-ons into embedded
equipment. At one point, there were more
68020s in embedded equipment than
there were Intel Pentiums in PCs. The
ColdFire processor cores are derivatives
of the venerable 68020.
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Microprocessor - 32-bit designs
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During this time (early to mid-1980s),
National Semiconductor introduced a
very similar 16-bit pinout, 32-bit
internal microprocessor called the NS
16032 (later renamed 32016), the full
32-bit version named the NS 32032
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Microprocessor - 32-bit designs
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The MIPS R2000 (1984) and R3000 (1989) were
highly successful 32-bit RISC microprocessors
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Microprocessor - 32-bit designs
In the late 1980s, "microprocessor
wars" started killing off some of the
microprocessors. Apparently[vague],
with only one bigger design win,
Sequent, the NS 32032 just faded out of
existence, and Sequent switched to
Intel microprocessors.
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Microprocessor - 32-bit designs
From 1985 to 2003, the 32-bit x86
architectures became increasingly
dominant in desktop, laptop, and server
markets, and these microprocessors
became faster and more capable
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Microprocessor - 64-bit designs in personal computers
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While 64-bit microprocessor designs
have been in use in several markets
since the early 1990s (including the
Nintendo 64 gaming console in 1996),
the early 2000s saw the introduction of
64-bit microprocessors targeted at the
PC market.
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Microprocessor - 64-bit designs in personal computers
With AMD's introduction of a 64-bit
architecture backwards-compatible with
x86, x86-64 (also called AMD64), in
September 2003, followed by Intel's near
fully compatible 64-bit extensions (first
called IA-32e or EM64T, later renamed
Intel 64), the 64-bit desktop era began
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Microprocessor - 64-bit designs in personal computers
The move to 64 bits by PowerPC
processors had been intended since
the processors' design in the early 90s
and was not a major cause of
incompatibility
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Microprocessor - Multicore designs
A different approach to improving a
computer's performance is to add extra
processors, as in symmetric
multiprocessing designs, which have been
popular in servers and workstations since
the early 1990s. Keeping up with Moore's
Law is becoming increasingly challenging
as chip-making technologies approach
their physical limits. In response,
microprocessor manufacturers look for
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Microprocessor - Multicore designs
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A multi-core processor is simply a single chip that
contains more than one microprocessor core
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Microprocessor - Multicore designs
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In 2005, the first personal computer dualcore processors were announced. As of
2012, dual-core and quad-core processors
are widely used in home PCs and laptops
while quad, six, eight, ten, twelve, and
sixteen-core processors are common in
the professional and enterprise markets
with workstations and servers.
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Microprocessor - Multicore designs
Sun Microsystems has released the
Niagara and Niagara 2 chips, both of
which feature an eight-core design. The
Niagara 2 supports more threads and
operates at 1.6 GHz.
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Microprocessor - Multicore designs
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High-end Intel Xeon processors that are
on the LGA 771, LGA1336, and LGA
2011 sockets and high-end AMD
Opteron processors that are on the C32
and G34 sockets are DP (dual
processor) capable, as well as the older
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9775 also used
in an older Mac Pro by Apple and the
Intel Skulltrail motherboard. AMD's G34
motherboards can support up to four
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Microprocessor - Multicore designs
The modern desktop sockets do not
support systems with multiple CPUs but
very few applications outside of the
professional market can make good use of
more than four cores and both Intel and
AMD currently offer fast quad- and sixcore desktop CPUs so this is generally a
moot point anyway
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Microprocessor - Multicore designs
The desktop market has been in a
transition towards quad-core CPUs since
Intel's Core 2 Quads were released and
now are quite common although dual-core
CPUs are still more prevalent
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Microprocessor - Multicore designs
For example, Intel's cheapest Sandy
Bridge quad-core CPUs often cost almost
twice as much as AMD's cheapest Athlon
II, Phenom II, and FX quad-core CPUs but
Intel has dual-core CPUs in the same
price ranges as AMD's cheaper quad core
CPUs. In an application that uses one or
two threads, the Intel dual cores
outperform AMD's similarly priced quadcore CPUs—and if a program supports
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Microprocessor - Multicore designs
Historically, AMD and Intel have
switched places as the company with the
fastest CPU several times. Intel currently
leads on the desktop side of the
computer CPU market, with their Sandy
Bridge and Ivy Bridge series. In servers,
AMD's new Opterons seem to have
superior performance for their price
point. This means that AMD are
currently more competitive in low- to
mid-end servers and workstations that
more effectively use fewer cores and
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Microprocessor - RISC
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In the mid-1980s to early 1990s, a crop
of new high-performance reduced
instruction set computer (RISC)
microprocessors appeared,
influenced by discrete RISC-like CPU
designs such as the IBM 801 and
others. RISC microprocessors were
initially used in special-purpose
machines and Unix workstations, but
then gained wide acceptance in other
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Microprocessor - RISC
The R3000 made the design truly
practical, and the R4000 introduced the
world's first commercially available 64-bit
RISC microprocessor
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Microprocessor - RISC
1
In the late 1990s, only two 64-bit RISC
architectures were still produced in
volume for non-embedded
applications: SPARC and Power ISA,
but as ARM has become increasingly
powerful, in the early 2010s, it became
the third RISC architecture in the
general computing segment.
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Microprocessor - Special-purpose designs
1
Microcontrollers integrate a microprocessor with
peripheral devices in embedded systems
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Microprocessor - Market statistics
1
In 2003, about US$44 billion worth of
microprocessors were manufactured
and sold. Although about half of that
money was spent on CPUs used in
desktop or laptop personal computers,
those count for only about 2% of all
CPUs sold.
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Microprocessor - Market statistics
1
About 55% of all CPUs sold in the world
are 8-bit microcontrollers, over two billion
of which were sold in 1997.
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Microprocessor - Market statistics
1
As of 2002, less than 10% of all the CPUs
sold in the world are 32-bit or more. Of all
the 32-bit CPUs sold, about 2% are used
in desktop or laptop personal computers.
Most microprocessors are used in
embedded control applications such as
household appliances, automobiles, and
computer peripherals. Taken as a whole,
the average price for a microprocessor,
microcontroller, or DSP is just over $6.
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Microprocessor - Market statistics
About ten billion CPUs were
manufactured in 2008. About 98% of
new CPUs produced each year are
embedded.
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Intel - SRAMS and the microprocessor
(Note: Intel is usually given credit
with Texas Instruments for the almostsimultaneous invention of the
microprocessor)
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Intel - From DRAM to microprocessors
In 1983, at the dawn of the personal
computer era, Intel's profits came
under increased pressure from
Japanese memory-chip
manufacturers, and then-president
Andy Grove focused the company on
microprocessors. Grove described
this transition in the book Only the
Paranoid Survive. A key element of his
plan was the notion, then considered
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Intel - From DRAM to microprocessors
1
Until then, the manufacture of complex
integrated circuits was not reliable
enough for customers to depend on a
single supplier, but Grove began
producing processors in three
geographically distinct
factories,[which?] and ceased licensing
the chip designs to competitors such
as Zilog and AMD. When the PC
industry boomed in the late 1980s and
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Intel - 386 microprocessor
1
The 8080 and 8086-series microprocessors
were produced by several companies, notably
AMD
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Fujitsu - Microprocessors
1
Fujitsu produce SPARC compatible CPU
(SPARClite), the "Venus" 128 GFLOP
SPARC64 VIIIfx model is included in the K
computer, the world's fastest
supercomputer in June 2011 with a rating
of over 8 petaflops, and in November
2011, K became the first computer to top
10 petaflops in September 2011.
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Fujitsu - Microprocessors
1
The Fujitsu FR, FR-V and ARM architecture
microprocessors were acquierd by Spansion in
2013.
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Heat sink - Microprocessor cooling
1
Heat dissipation is an unavoidable by-product of
electronic devices and circuits
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Heat sink - Microprocessor cooling
1
Two additional design factors also
influence the thermal/mechanical
performance of the thermal design:
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Heat sink - Microprocessor cooling
1
The method by which the heat sink is
mounted on a component or
processor. This will be discussed
under the section attachment
methods.
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Heat sink - Microprocessor cooling
1
For each interface between two objects
in contact with each other, there will
be a temperature drop across the
interface. For such composite
systems, the temperature drop across
the interface may be appreciable. This
temperature change may be attributed
to what is known as the thermal
contact resistance. Thermal interface
materials (TIM) decrease the thermal
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Computer & Video Games - Semiconductors and microprocessors
In the 1970s, integrated circuit
technology and the subsequent
creation of microprocessors, such as
the Intel 4004, further decreased size
and cost and further increased speed
and reliability of computers
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Computer & Video Games - Semiconductors and microprocessors
Modern smartphones are fully
programmable computers in their own
right, and as of 2009 may well be the most
common form of such computers in
existence.
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CPU - Microprocessors
1
to microprocessors
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CPU - Microprocessors
This has allowed synchronous
microprocessors to have clock rates
ranging from tens of megahertz to several
gigahertz
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CPU - Microprocessors
1
While the complexity, size, construction,
and general form of CPUs have changed
enormously since 1950, it is notable that
the basic design and function has not
changed much at all
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Prosthetics - Microprocessor Controlled
1
To mimic the knees functionality during
gait microprocessor controlled knee
joint have been developed that control
the flexion of the knee. Some examples
are Otto Bock’s C-leg , introduced in
1997, Ossur's Rheo Knee, released in
2005, the Power Knee by Ossur,
introduced in 2006, the Plié Knee from
Freedom Innovations and DAW
Industries’ Self Learning Knee
(SLK).[http://www.dawusa.com/Pages/SLK3.html “The SLK,
The Self-Learning Knee”], DAW
Industries. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
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Prosthetics - Microprocessor Controlled
1
The idea was originally developed by Kelly
James, a Canadian engineer, at the
University of Alberta.
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Prosthetics - Microprocessor Controlled
1
A microprocessor is used to interpret
and analyse signals from knee-angle
sensors and moment sensors. The
microprocessor receives signals from
its sensors to determine the type of
motion being employed by the
amputee. Most microprocessor
controlled knee-joints are powered by
a battery housed inside the prosthesis.
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Prosthetics - Microprocessor Controlled
1
The sensory signals are computed by
the microprocessor are used to control
the resistance generated by hydraulic
cylinders in the knee-joint. Small
valves control the amount of hydraulic
fluid that can pass into and out of the
cylinder, thus regulating the
extension and compression of a piston
connected to the upper section of the
knee.Pike, Alvin (May/June 1999).
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Prosthetics - Microprocessor Controlled
1
Variations in speed are also possible
and are taken into account by sensors
and communicated to the
microprocessor, which adjusts to
these changes accordingly
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Prosthetics - Microprocessor Controlled
However, some have some significant
drawbacks that impair its use. They can be
susceptible to water damage and thus
great care must be taken to ensure that
the prosthesis remains dry.
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64-bit computing - Current 64-bit microprocessor architectures
64-bit processor
architecture|microprocessor architectures
for which processors are currently being
manufactured () include:
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64-bit computing - Current 64-bit microprocessor architectures
* The 64-bit extension created by
Advanced Micro Devices|AMD to Intel's
x86 architecture (later licensed by Intel);
commonly known as x86-64, AMD64, or
x64:
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64-bit computing - Current 64-bit microprocessor architectures
1
** AMD's AMD64 extensions (used in
Athlon 64, Opteron, Sempron, Turion
64, Phenom (processor)|Phenom,
Athlon II and Phenom II processors)
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64-bit computing - Current 64-bit microprocessor architectures
1
** Intel's Intel 64 extensions (used in
newer Celeron, Pentium, and Xeon
processors, in Intel Core 2/i3/i5/i7
processors, and in some Intel
Atom|Atom processors)
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64-bit computing - Current 64-bit microprocessor architectures
1
** VIA Technologies' 64-bit
extensions, used in the VIA
Nano processors
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64-bit computing - Current 64-bit microprocessor architectures
1
* The 64-bit version of the Power
Architecture:
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64-bit computing - Current 64-bit microprocessor architectures
1
** The Cell Broadband Engine used in
the PlayStation 3, designed by IBM,
Toshiba and Sony, combines a 64-bit
Power architecture processor with
seven or eight Synergistic Processing
Elements.
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64-bit computing - Current 64-bit microprocessor architectures
** Sun
Microsystems|Sun's
UltraSPARC processors
1
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64-bit computing - Current 64-bit microprocessor architectures
1
** Fujitsu's SPARC64
processors
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64-bit computing - Current 64-bit microprocessor architectures
1
* IBM's z/Architecture, a 64-bit version of
the ESA/390 architecture, used in IBM's
IBM System z|eServer zSeries and
System z IBM mainframes|mainframes
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64-bit computing - Current 64-bit microprocessor architectures
* Intel's IA-64 architecture
(used in Itanium processors)
1
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64-bit computing - Current 64-bit microprocessor architectures
* MIPS
Technologies' MIPS
architecture|MIPS64
architecture
1
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64-bit computing - Current 64-bit microprocessor architectures
1
* ARM Holdings' AArch64|AArch64
architecture
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64-bit computing - Current 64-bit microprocessor architectures
1
Most 64-bit processor architectures that
are derived from 32-bit processor
architectures can execute code for the 32bit version of the architecture natively
without any performance penalty. This kind
of support is commonly called bi-arch
support or more generally multi-arch
support.
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CPU cache - In x86 microprocessors
1
As the x86 microprocessors reached
clock rates of 20MHz and above in the
Intel 80386|386, small amounts of fast
cache memory began to be featured in
systems to improve performance
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CPU cache - In x86 microprocessors
1
Some versions of the Intel 386 processor could
support 16 to 64KB of external cache.
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CPU cache - In x86 microprocessors
1
With the Intel 80486|486 processor, an 8KB
cache was integrated directly into the CPU die
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CPU cache - In x86 microprocessors
The next development in cache
implementation in the x86
microprocessors began with the Pentium
Pro, which brought the secondary cache
onto the same package as the
microprocessor, clocked at the same
frequency as the microprocessor.
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CPU cache - In x86 microprocessors
On-motherboard caches enjoyed
prolonged popularity thanks to the
AMD K6-2 and AMD K6-III processors
that still used the venerable Socket 7,
which was previously used by Intel
with on-motherboard caches. K6-III
included 256KB on-die L2 cache and
took advantage of the on-board cache
as a third level cache, named L3
(motherboards with up to 2MB of on1
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CPU cache - In x86 microprocessors
1
The three-level caches were used again
first with the introduction of multiple
processor cores, where the L3 cache was
added to the CPU die. It became common
for the total cache sizes to be increasingly
larger in newer processor generations,
and recently (as of 2011) it is not
uncommon to find Level 3 cache sizes of
tens of megabytes. This trend appears to
continue for the foreseeable future.
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CPU cache - In x86 microprocessors
1
Intel introduced a Level 4 on-package
cache with the Haswell
(microarchitecture)|Haswell
microarchitecture. Crystal Well
Haswell CPUs, equipped with the GT3e
variant of Intel's integrated Iris Pro
graphics, effectively feature 128MB of
embedded DRAM (eDRAM) on the same
package. This L4 cache is shared
dynamically between the on-die GPU
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Intel Corporation - SRAMS and the microprocessor
1
(Note: Intel is usually given credit with
Texas Instruments for the almostsimultaneous invention of the
microprocessor)
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Intel Corporation - 386 microprocessor
1
The 8080 and 8086-series microprocessors were
produced by several companies, notably AMD
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Texas Instruments - Microprocessor
1
This was over-turned on June 19, 1996 in
favor of
TI.[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.ht
ml?res=9E02E2D61439F933A15755C0A9
60958260sec=spon=pagewanted=all For
Texas Instruments, Some Bragging Rights]
New York Times, June 20, 1996 (Note:
Intel is usually given credit with Texas
Instruments for the almost-simultaneous
invention of the microprocessor.)
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Celeron 743 - Covington (microprocessor)|Covington (250 nm)
1
* All models support:
MMX (instruction
set)|MMX
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Celeron 743 - Mendocino (microprocessor)|Mendocino (250 nm)
1
* L2 cache is on-die, running at
full CPU speed
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Celeron 743 - Conroe (microprocessor)#Conroe-L|Conroe-L (65 nm)
* All models support: MMX (instruction
set)|MMX, Streaming SIMD
Extensions|SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3,
Intel 64, XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
1
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Celeron 743 - Conroe (microprocessor)#Conroe-L|Conroe-L (65 nm)
* Steppings: Core
(microarchitecture)#Steppings
using 65nm process|A1
1
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Celeron 743 - Conroe (microprocessor)#Allendale|Allendale (65 nm)
1
*All models support: MMX (instruction
set)|MMX, Streaming SIMD
Extensions|SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3,
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology
(EIST), Intel 64, XD bit (an NX bit
implementation)
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Celeron 743 - Conroe (microprocessor)#Allendale|Allendale (65 nm)
1
* Stepping (version numbers)|Steppings: Core
(microarchitecture)#Steppings using 65nm
process|M0
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Celeron 743 - Wolfdale (microprocessor)#Wolfdale-3M|Wolfdale-3M (45 nm)
* Based on Core
(microarchitecture)|
Core
microarchitecture
1
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Celeron 743 - Clarkdale (microprocessor)|Clarkdale (Multi-chip package|MCP, 32 nm)
1
* Based on Westmere
(Microarchitecture)|We
stmere
microarchitecture
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Celeron 743 - Clarkdale (microprocessor)|Clarkdale (Multi-chip package|MCP,
32 nm)
* All models support: MMX (instruction
set)|MMX, Streaming SIMD
Extensions|SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3,
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology
(EIST), Intel 64, XD bit (an NX bit
implementation), Intel VT-x, Smart Cache.
1
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Celeron 743 - Clarkdale (microprocessor)|Clarkdale (Multi-chip package|MCP, 32 nm)
* Contains 45 nm Ironlake
graphics processing unit|GPU.
1
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Celeron 743 - Dothan (microprocessor)|Dothan-1024 (90 nm)
* XD bit (an NX bit
implementation): supported by
360J, 370, 380, 390, 383
1
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Celeron 743 - Penryn (microprocessor)#Penryn-3M|Penryn-3M (45 nm)
1
* Note that the List of Intel Pentium DualCore microprocessors#Merom-2M (65
nm)|Pentium T3x00 processors have a
similar number but are based on the older
Merom-2M chips.
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Celeron 743 - Penryn (microprocessor)#Penryn-3M|Penryn-3M (45 nm)
* Note that the List of Intel Pentium
microprocessors#Penryn-L (ultra-low
voltage, 45 nm)|Pentium SU2xxx
processors have a similar number but are
single-core processors.
1
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Celeron 743 - Merom (microprocessor)#Merom-2M|Merom-2M (65 nm)
1
* Note that Intel has also released Core
Solo microproccessors with the model
numbers T1400, T1500, and T1600.
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Celeron 743 - Merom (microprocessor)#Merom-2M|Merom-2M (65 nm)
1
* T1700 possibly supports EIST, but Intel's web
site is inconsistent about this.
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Celeron 743 - Arrandale (microprocessor)|Arrandale (Multi-chip package|MCP, 32 nm)
1
* P4505 and U3405 support
memory ECC RAM and PCIe
bifurcation.
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Atom N455 - Pineview (microprocessor)|Pineview (45 nm)
* These models do not support SSE4
and Intel VTx![http://ark.intel.com/products/55637/In
tel-Atom-Processor-N570-1M-Cache1_66-GHz ARK | Intel® Atom™
Processor N570 (1M Cache, 1.66
GHz)][http://ark.intel.com/products/501
54/Intel-Atom-Processor-N550-1MCache-1_50-GHz ARK | Intel® Atom™
Processor N550 (1M Cache, 1.50 GHz)]
1
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Atom N455 - Pineview (microprocessor)|Pineview (45 nm)
* GMA 3150 GPU and
memory controller are
integrated into the
processor die
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Atom N455 - Cedarview (microprocessor)|Cedarview (32 nm)
* Intel GMA 3600/GMA 3650 graphics
processor|GPU and memory controller are
integrated into the processor.
1
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Atom N455 - Pineview (microprocessor)#Pineview_microprocessor|Pineview
(45 nm)
1
* These models do not support Intel VT-x or SSE4
and are limited to 2Gigabyte|GB of memory.
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Atom N455 - Pineview (microprocessor)#Pineview_microprocessor|Pineview
(45 nm)
1
* Graphics GMA 3150 and memory
controller are integrated into the
processor, but graphics sometimes
disabled in favor of discrete video
chip.
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Atom N455 - Pineview (microprocessor)#Pineview_microprocessor|Pineview (45 nm)
1
* Transistors: 123 million (a significant
number of these are from the memory
controller and GMA 3150)
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Atom N455 - Silverthorne (microprocessor)|Silverthorne (45 nm)
1
* Models Z520, Z520PT, Z530, Z530P, Z540 and
Z550 support Hyper-Threading and Intel VT-x
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Atom N455 - Silverthorne (microprocessor)|Silverthorne (45 nm)
1
* Models Z500, Z510P,
Z510PT, and Z515
support HyperThreading only
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Atom N455 - Silverthorne (microprocessor)|Silverthorne (45 nm)
1
* Model Z515 supports Intel
Burst Performance
Technology
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Atom N455 - Silverthorne (microprocessor)|Silverthorne (45 nm)
1
* Package size: 13mm × 14mm / 22mm ×
22mm(Processors ending with the P or PT
sSpec number)
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Atom N455 - Lincroft (microprocessor)|Lincroft (45 nm)
* GMA 600 GPU and memory
controller are integrated onto the
processor die
1
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Atom N455 - Tunnel Creek (microprocessor)|Tunnel Creek (45 nm)
1
* CPU core supports IA-32 architecture,
MMX (instruction set)|MMX, Streaming
SIMD Extensions|SSE, SSE2, SSE3,
SSSE3, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep
Technology (EIST), hyper-threading,
Intel VT-x. It has 32K L1 Instruction
Cache, 24K L1 Data Cache, 512K L2
Cache.
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Atom N455 - Tunnel Creek (microprocessor)|Tunnel Creek (45 nm)
1
* Peripherals include GMA 600 graphics
processing unit|GPU (two video outputs),
memory controller (2GB max), HD Audio
controller, Serial Peripheral Interface
Bus|SPI controller, 4 channels of PCI
Express ×1, and various legacy
devices.[http://download.intel.com/embedd
ed/processor/datasheet/324208.pdf Intel
Atom Processor E6xx Series - Advance
Information Datasheet; Rev 001US;
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Atom N455 - Stellarton (microprocessor)|Stellarton (45 nm)
* Tunnel Creek
(microprocessor)|Tunnel Creek CPU
with an Altera Field Programmable
Gate Array (FPGA)
1
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Atom N455 - Stellarton (microprocessor)|Stellarton (45 nm)
1
* Peripherals include graphics controller
(two video outputs), memory controller
(2GB max), HD Audio controller, Serial
Peripheral Interface Bus|SPI controller, 4
channels of PCI Express ×1, and various
legacy
devices.[http://download.intel.com/embedd
ed/processor/datasheet/324208.pdf Intel
Atom Processor E6xx Series - Advance
Information Datasheet; Rev 001US;
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Atom N455 - Stellarton (microprocessor)|Stellarton (45 nm)
1
* TDP without FPGA. Total package TDP depends
on functions included in FPGA. Max. TDP 7 W.
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Core i5-2467M - Lynnfield (microprocessor)|Lynnfield (45 nm)
1
* All models support: MMX (instruction
set)|MMX, Streaming SIMD
Extensions|SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3,
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, Enhanced Intel
SpeedStep Technology (EIST), Intel 64,
XD bit (an NX bit implementation), Intel
VT-x, Turbo Boost, Smart Cache.
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Core i5-2467M - Lynnfield (microprocessor)|Lynnfield (45 nm)
1
* Front-side bus|FSB has
been replaced with Direct
Media Interface|DMI.
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Core i5-2467M - Clarkdale (microprocessor)|Clarkdale (Multi-chip
package|MCP, 32 nm dual-core)
* Core i5-655K, Core i5-661 does not
support Intel TXT and Intel VTd.[http://ark.intel.com/Compare.aspx?ids=
43546,48750,43550,43553, Core i5-655K,
Core i5-661 does not support Intel TXT
and Intel VT-d]
1
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Core i5-2467M - Clarkdale (microprocessor)|Clarkdale (Multi-chip package|MCP, 32 nm
dual-core)
1
* Core i5-655K features an
unlocked multiplier.
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Core i5-2467M - Arrandale (microprocessor)|Arrandale (Multi-chip
package|MCP, 32 nm)
1
* i5-5xx series (i5-520M, i5-520E, i5-540M,
i5-560M, i5-580M, i5-520UM, i5-540UM,
i5-560UM) supports AES-NI, Trusted
Execution Technology|TXT and Intel VT-d.
http://ark.intel.com/ProductCollection.aspx
?familyId=43483
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Core i5-2467M - Arrandale (microprocessor)|Arrandale (Multi-chip
package|MCP, 32 nm)
1
* Core i5-520E has support
for ECC memory and PCI
express port bifurcation.
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Bonnell (microarchitecture) - Silverthorne microprocessor
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On 2 March 2008, Intel announced a new
single-core Atom Z5xx series processor
(code-named Silverthorne), to be used in
ultra-mobile PCs and mobile Internet
devices (MIDs), which will supersede
Stealey (microprocessor)|Stealey (A100
and A110). The processor has 47 million
transistors on a 25mm2 die, allowing for
extremely economical production (~2500
chips on a single 300mm diameter wafer).
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An Atom Z500 processor's dual-thread
performance is equivalent to its
predecessor Stealey, but should
outperform it on applications that can
use simultaneous multithreading and
SSE3. They run from 0.8 to 2.0GHz and
have a Thermal Design Power|TDP
rating between 0.65 and 2.4W that can
dip down to 0.01W when idle. They
feature 32KB instruction L1 and 24KB
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Bonnell (microarchitecture) - Diamondville microprocessor
On 2 March 2008, Intel announced
lower-power variants of the
Diamondville CPU named Atom N2xx.
It was intended for use in nettops and
the Classmate PC. Like their
predecessors, these are single-core
CPUs with Hyper-Threading.
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Bonnell (microarchitecture) - Diamondville microprocessor
1
The N270 has a TDP rating of 2.5W, runs
at 1.6GHz and has a 533MHz FSB. The
N280 has a clock speed of 1.66GHz and a
667MHz FSB.
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Bonnell (microarchitecture) - Diamondville microprocessor
1
On 22 September 2008, Intel announced
a new 64-bit dual-core processor
(unofficially code-named Dual
Diamondville) branded Atom 330, to be
used in desktop computers. It runs at
1.6GHz and has a FSB speed of 533MHz
and a TDP rating of 8W. Its dual core
consists of two Diamondville dies on a
single substrate.
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Bonnell (microarchitecture) - Diamondville microprocessor
1
During 2009, Nvidia used the Atom 300
and their GeForce 9400M chipset on a
mini-ITX form factor motherboard for
their Nvidia Ion|Ion platform.
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Bonnell (microarchitecture) - Pineview microprocessor
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On 21 December 2009, Intel announced
the N450, D510 and D410 CPUs with
integrated graphics. The new
manufacturing process resulted in a 20%
reduction in power consumption and a
60% smaller die size. The Intel GMA 3150,
a 45nm shrink of the GMA 3100 with no
HD capabilities, is included as the on-die
GPU. Netbooks using this new processor
were released on 11 January 2010. The
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Bonnell (microarchitecture) - Pineview microprocessor
This generation of the Atom was
codenamed Pineview, which is used in the
Pine Trail platform. Intel's Pine Trail-M
platform utilizes an Atom processor
(codenamed Pineview-M) and Platform
Controller Hub (codenamed Tiger Point).
The graphics and memory controller have
moved into the processor, which is paired
with the Tiger Point PCH. This creates a
more power-efficient 2-chip platform rather
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Bonnell (microarchitecture) - Pineview microprocessor
On 1 March 2010 Intel introduced the
N470 processor, running at 1.83GHz with
a 667MHz FSB and a TDP rating of 6.5W.
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Bonnell (microarchitecture) - Pineview microprocessor
The new Atom N4xx chips became
available on 11 January 2010. It is used in
netbook and nettop systems and includes
an integrated single-channel DDR2
SDRAM|DDR2 memory controller and an
integrated GPU|graphics core. It also
features Hyper-Threading and is
manufactured on a 45nm process. The
new design uses half the power of the
older Menlow platform. This reduced
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Bonnell (microarchitecture) - Pineview microprocessor
The D4xx and D5xx series support the
x86-64 bit instruction set and DDR2-800
memory. They are rated for embedded
use. The series has an integrated graphics
processor built directly into the CPU to
help improve performance. The models
are targeted at nettops and low-end
desktops. They do not support SpeedStep.
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Bonnell (microarchitecture) - Pineview microprocessor
1
The Atom D510 dual-core processor runs
at 1.66GHz, with 1MB of L2 cache and a
TDP rating of 13W. The single-core Atom
D410 runs at 1.66GHz, with 512KB of L2
cache and a TDP rating of 10W.
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Bonnell (microarchitecture) - Tunnel Creek microprocessor
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Tunnel Creek is an embedded Atom
processor used in the Queens Bay
platform with the Platform Controller
Hub#Topcliff|Topcliff PCH.
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Bonnell (microarchitecture) - Lincroft microprocessor
Both platforms include a Lincroft
microprocessor, but use two distinct
input/output Platform Controller Hubs (I/OPCH), codenamed Platform Controller
Hub#Langwell|Langwell and Whitney Point
respectively
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Bonnell (microarchitecture) - Stellarton microprocessor
Stellarton is a Tunnel Creek
(microprocessor)|Tunnel Creek CPU
with an Altera Field Programmable
Gate Array (FPGA).
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Bonnell (microarchitecture) - Cedarview microprocessor
1
Intel released their third-generation Cedar
Trail platform (consisting of a range of
Cedarview processors and the NM10
southbridge chip) based on 32nm process
technology in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Intel stated that improvements in graphics
capabilities, including support for 1080p
video, additional display options including
HDMI and DisplayPort, and enhancements
in power consumption are to enable
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Bonnell (microarchitecture) - Cedarview microprocessor
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The Cedar Trail platform includes two new
CPUs, 32nm-based N2800 (1.86GHz) and
N2600 (1.6GHz), which replace the
previous generation Pineview N4xx and
N5xx processors. The CPUs also feature
an integrated GPU that supports DirectX
9.
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Bonnell (microarchitecture) - Cedarview microprocessor
1
In addition to the netbook platform, two
new Cedarview CPUs for nettops, D2700
and D3200, were released on 25
September 2011.
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Bonnell (microarchitecture) - Cedarview microprocessor
1
In early March 2012 the N2800-based
Intel DN2800MT motherboard started to
become available. Due to the use of a
netbook processor, this Mini-ITX
motherboard can reach idle power
consumption as low as 7.1W.
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Atom N570 - Pineview (microprocessor)|Pineview (45 nm)
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* GMA 3150 graphics processor|GPU and
memory controller are integrated into the
processor.
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Atom N570 - Cedarview (microprocessor)|Cedarview (32 nm)
* [PowerVR-based Intel GMA
3600/GMA 3650 graphics
processor|GPU and memory
controller are integrated into the
processor.
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List of Intel Core i5 microprocessors - Sandy Bridge (dual-core, 32 nm)
* All models support: MMX (instruction
set)|MMX, Streaming SIMD
Extensions|SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3,
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, Advanced Vector
Extensions|AVX, Enhanced Intel
SpeedStep Technology (EIST), Intel 64,
XD bit (an NX bit implementation), Trusted
Execution Technology|TXT, Intel VT-x, Intel
VT-d, Hyper-threading, Turbo Boost, AES
instruction set|AES-NI, Smart Cache, Intel
Insider, Intel vPro|vPro.
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List of Intel Core i5 microprocessors - Sandy Bridge (quad-core, 32 nm)
* Core i5-2300, Core i5-2310, Core i52320, Core i5-2380P, Core i5-2405S, Core
i5-2450P, Core i5-2500K and Core i52550K does not support Intel TXT, Intel
VT-d, and Intel
vPro.[http://ark.intel.com/compare/52206,5
3445,53446,52207,52208,55446,52209,52
210,52211,52212,64843,64844,65647
Core i5-2300, Core i5-2310, Core i5-2320,
Core i5-2380P, Core i5-2405S, Core i51
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List of Intel Core i5 microprocessors - Sandy Bridge (quad-core, 32 nm)
*K processors are unlockable and
designed for overclocking. Other
processors will have limited overclocking
due to chipset
limitations.[http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.p
hp?cID=1979pageID=9990 Fully unlocked
versus limited unlocked core]
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List of Intel Core i5 microprocessors - Sandy Bridge (quad-core, 32 nm)
* Transistors: 1.16
billion[http://www.anandtech.com/sh
ow/4818/counting-transistors-why116b-and-995m-are-both-correct
Counting Transistors: Why 1.16B and
995M Are Both Correct], by Anand Lal
Shimpi on 14 September 2011,
www.anandtech.com
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List of Intel Core i5 microprocessors - Ivy Bridge (microarchitecture)|Ivy Bridge
(dual-core, 22 nm)
1
* Die (integrated circuit)|Die size: 93.6mm²
or 118mm²
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List of Intel Core i5 microprocessors - Ivy Bridge (quad-core, 22 nm)
*K processors have
unlocked turbo multiplier
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List of Intel Core i5 microprocessors - Ivy Bridge (quad-core, 22 nm)
1
* i5-3470, i5-3470S, i5-3475S, i5-3550,
i5-3550S, i5 3570 and i5-3570T support
Trusted Execution Technology|Intel
TXT, Intel VT-d and Intel vPro|vPro.
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List of Intel Core i5 microprocessors - Ivy Bridge (quad-core, 22 nm)
1
* i5-3330, i5-3330S, and i53350P support Intel VT-d.
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List of Intel Core i5 microprocessors - Ivy Bridge (quad-core, 22 nm)
1
*Non-K processors will have limited
turbo overclocking.
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List of Intel Core i5 microprocessors - Haswell-DT (dual-core, 22 nm)
* All models support: MMX (instruction
set)|MMX, Streaming SIMD
Extensions|SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3,
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, Advanced Vector
Extensions|AVX, Advanced Vector
Extensions 2|AVX2, FMA3, Enhanced Intel
SpeedStep Technology (EIST), Intel 64,
XD bit (an NX bit implementation), Intel
VT-x, Intel VT-d, Hyper-threading, Turbo
Boost, AES instruction set|AES-NI, Smart
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List of Intel Core i5 microprocessors - Haswell-H (Multi-chip package|MCP, quad-core,
22 nm)
1
* Core i5-4570R and Core i5-4670R also
contain Crystalwell: 128 MiB eDRAM built
at (22 nm) acting as CPU cache#Multilevel caches|L4 cache
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List of Intel Core i5 microprocessors - Sandy Bridge (32 nm)
1
* All models except Core i5-24xxM support Trusted
Execution Technology|TXT and Intel VT-d.
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List of Intel Core i5 microprocessors - Sandy Bridge (32 nm)
* Core i5-2430M/i5-2435M and i52410M/i5-2415M can support AES-NI
with laptop OEM-supplied BIOS
processor configuration update.
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List of Intel Core i5 microprocessors - Sandy Bridge (32 nm)
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* Core i5-2515E has
support for ECC
memory.
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List of Intel Core i5 microprocessors - Ivy Bridge (22 nm)
* i5-3320M, i5-3360M, i5-3427U, i53437U, i5-3439Y, and i5-3610ME support
Trusted Execution Technology|TXT and
Intel vPro|vPro.
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List of Intel Core i5 microprocessors - Haswell-MB (dual-core, 22 nm)
* Core i5-4300M and
higher also support Intel
VT-d, Intel vPro, Intel
TXT
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List of Intel Core i5 microprocessors - Haswell-ULT (system in package|SiP,
dual-core, 22 nm)
1
* All models except i54200U support Intel
VT-d
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List of Intel Core i5 microprocessors - Haswell-ULT (system in package|SiP, dual-core,
22 nm)
1
* Core i5-4300U and i5-4350U
also support Intel vPro, Intel
TXT
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List of Intel Core i5 microprocessors - Haswell-ULX (system in package|SiP, dual-core,
22 nm)
1
* Core i5-4300Y and higher also
support Intel VT-d, Transactional
Synchronization Extensions|Intel
TSX-NI, Intel vPro, Intel TXT
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SPARC - SPARC microprocessor specifications
This table contains specifications for
certain SPARC processors: frequency
(megahertz), architecture version, release
year, number of threads (threads per core
multiplied by the number of cores),
fabrication process (nanometers), number
of transistors (millions), die size (square
millimetres), number of input/output|I/O
pins, dissipated power (watts), voltage,
and cache sizes—data, instruction, L2 and
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IBM POWER microprocessors
IBM has a series of high performance
microprocessors called 'POWER' followed
by a number designating generation, i.e.
POWER1, POWER2, POWER3 and so
forth up to the latest POWER7+. These
processor have been used by IBM in their
RS/6000, AS/400, pSeries, iSeries,
System p, System i and IBM Power
Systems|Power Systems line of Server
(computing)|servers and supercomputers.
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IBM POWER microprocessors
The POWERn family of processors
were developed in the late 1980s and
are still in active development nearly
25 years later. In the beginning, they
utilized the IBM POWER Instruction
Set Architecture|POWER instruction
set architecture (ISA), but that evolved
into PowerPC in later generations and
then to Power Architecture. Today,
only the naming scheme remains the
same; modern POWER processors do
not use the POWER ISA.
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IBM POWER microprocessors - The 801 research project
1
In 1974 IBM started a project to build a
telephone switching computer with for the
time immense computational power
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IBM POWER microprocessors - The Cheetah project
1
By 1982 IBM continued to explore the
superscalar limits of the 801 design by
using multiple execution units to
improve performance to determine if
a RISC machine could maintain
multiple instructions per cycle
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IBM POWER microprocessors - The America project
1
In 1985, research on a second-generation
RISC architecture started at the IBM
Thomas J. Watson Research Center,
producing the AMERICA architecture; in
1986, IBM Austin Research
Laboratory|IBM Austin started developing
the RS/6000 series computers based on
that architecture. This was to become the
first POWER processors using the first
POWER ISA.
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER
1
In February 1990, the first computers from
IBM to incorporate the POWER ISA were
called the RISC System/6000 or RS/6000
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER
1
The POWER1 is the first microprocessor
that used register renaming and out-oforder execution. A simplified and less
powerful version of the 10 chip RIOS-1
was made in 1992 was developed for
lower-end RS/6000s. It used only one chip
and was called RISC Single Chip or RSC.
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER1 processors
1
* 'RIOS.9'– A less powerful
version of RIOS-1.
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER1 processors
1
* 'POWER1+'– A faster version of RIOS-1 made on
a reduced fabrication process.
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER1 processors
1
* 'RAD6000'– A radiation-hardened version
of the RSC was made available for
primarily use in space. It was a very
popular design and was used extensively
on many high-profile missions.
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER2
IBM started the POWER2
processor effort as a successor
to the POWER1
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER2 processors
* 'POWER2'– The 6–8 chips was
mounted on a High temperature cofired ceramic|ceramic Multi-chip
module|multi chip module.
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER2 processors
* 'POWER2+'– A cheaper 6 chip version of
POWER2 with support for external L2 caches.
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER2 processors
1
* 'P2SC+'– An even faster version or P2SC due to
reduced fabrication process.
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IBM POWER microprocessors - PowerPC
1
In 1991, Apple Inc.|Apple looked for a
future alternative to Motorola's 68000based Complex instruction set
computing|CISC platform, and Motorola
experimented with a RISC platform of its
own, the 88000
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IBM POWER microprocessors - PowerPC
After two years of development, the
resulting PowerPC ISA was introduced
in 1993. A modified version of the RSC
architecture, PowerPC added Singleprecision floating-point
format|single-precision floating point
instructions and general register-toregister multiply and divide
instructions, and removed some
POWER features. It also added a 64-bit
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IBM POWER microprocessors - The Amazon project
1
In 1990, IBM wanted to merge the low end
server and mid range server architectures,
the RS/6000 RISC ISA and AS/400 CISC
ISA into one common RISC ISA that could
host both IBM's AIX and OS/400 operating
systems
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER3
1
The POWER3 began its life as PowerPC
630 as a successor of the commercially
unsuccessful PowerPC 620
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER3 processors
1
* 'POWER3'– Introduced in 1998, it combined the
POWER and PowerPC instruction sets.
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER3 processors
1
* 'POWER3-II'– A faster POWER3 fabricated on a
reduced size, copper based process.
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER4
The POWER4 merged the 32/64 bit
PowerPC instruction set and the 64-bit
PowerPC AS instruction set from the
Amazon project to the new PowerPC
v.2.0 specification, unifying IBM's
RS/6000 and AS/400 families of
computers
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER4 processors
* 'POWER4'– The first dual core
microprocessor and the first PowerPC
processor to reach beyond 1GHz.
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER4 processors
* 'POWER4+'– A
faster POWER4
fabricated on a
reduced process.
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER5
The POWER5 processors built on the
popular POWER4 and incorporated
simultaneous multithreading into the
design, a technology pioneered in the
PowerPC AS based RS64#RS64-III|RS64III processor, and on-die memory
controllers. It was designed for multi
processing on a massive scale and came
in multi-chip modules with onboard large
L3 cache chips.
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER5 processors
* 'POWER5'– The iconic setup with
four POWER5 chips and four L3 cache
chips on a large multi-chip module.
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER5 processors
1
* 'POWER5+'– A faster POWER5 fabricated on a
reduced process mainly to reduce power
consumption.
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IBM POWER microprocessors - Power Architecture
A joint organization was founded in
2004 called Power.org with the mission
to unify and coordinate future
development of the PowerPC
specifications
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IBM POWER microprocessors - Power Architecture
1
The new instruction set architecture
was called Power Architecture and
merged the PowerPC v.2.02 from the
POWER5 with the PowerPC Book E
specification from Freescale as well
as some related technologies like
AltiVec (called 'VMX' by IBM) and
hardware virtualization
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER6
1
POWER6 was the fruit of the ambitions
eCLipz Project, joining the I (AS/400), P
(RS/6000) and IBM mainframe|Z
(Mainframe) instruction sets under one
common platform. I and P was already
joined with the POWER4, but the eCLipz
effort failed to include the CISC based
z/Architecture and where the IBM z10
(microprocessor)|z10 processor became
POWER6's eCLipz sibling. z/Architecture
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER6
Because of eCLipz, the POWER6 is an
unusual design as it aimed for very high
frequencies and sacrificed out-of-order
execution, something that has been a
feature for POWER and PowerPC
processors since their inception. POWER6
also introduced the decimal floating point
unit to the Power ISA, something it shares
with z/Architecture.
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER6
1
With the POWER6, in 2008 IBM merged
the former System p and System i server
and workstation families into one family
calling it IBM Power Systems|Power
Systems. Power Systems machines can
run different Operating Systems like AIX,
Linux and IBM i.
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER6 processors
1
* 'POWER6'– Reached 5GHz comes in
modules with a singe chip on it, and in
MCM with two L3 cache chips.
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER6 processors
1
* 'POWER6+'– A minor
update, and fabricated
on the same process
as POWER6.
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER7
The POWER7 Symmetric
multiprocessing|symmetric
multiprocessor design was a
substantial evolution from the POWER6
design, focusing more on power
efficiency through multiple cores,
simultaneous multithreading (SMT),
out-of-order execution and large on-die
eDRAM L3 caches
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER7 processors
1
* 'POWER7'– Comes in single-chip
modules or in quad-chip MCMconfigurations for supercomputer
applications.
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER7 processors
1
* 'POWER7+'– Scaled down fabrication process,
and increased L3 cache and frequency.
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER8
1
POWER8 is a 4GHz, 12 core processor
with 8 hardware threads per core for a
total of 96 threads of parallel execution.
It uses 96MiB|MB of eDRAM L3 cache
on chip and 128MB off-chip L4 cache
and a new extension bus called CAPI
that runs on top of PCIe, replacing the
older PowerPC 600#6XX and GX
buses|GX bus. The CAPI bus can be
used to attach dedicated off-chip
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER8
It will be built on a 22 nanometer
process at the end of 2013 or early
2014.[
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2-story01.html The Four HundredSome Insight Into Those Future
Power7+ Processors][
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IBM POWER microprocessors - POWER9
IBM has been designing the future
POWER9 processor for quite a while
according to William Starke, a systems
architect for the POWER8
processor.[http://www.theregister.co.uk
/2013/08/27/ibm_power8_server_chip/
You won't find this in your phone: A
4GHz 12-core Power8 for badass
boxes] No other information was
available in August 2013.
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Fujitsu Services - Microprocessors
Fujitsu produce SPARC compatible CPU
(SPARClite),[http://www.fujitsu.com/global/
services/computing/server/sparcenterprise
/technology/performance/processor.html
Multi-core multi-thread processor SPARC64™
Series] the Venus 128 GFLOP SPARC64 VIIIfx
model is included in the K computer, the
world's fastest supercomputer in June 2011
with a rating of over 8 petaflops, and in
November 2011, K became the first computer
to top 10 petaflops in September
2011.[http://www.top500.org/lists/2011/06/p
ress-release Japan Reclaims Top Ranking on
Latest TOP500 List of World’s
Supercomputers]
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Motorola 6800 - MC6800 microprocessor design
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This was Electronics magazine annual
microprocessor special edition The
6800 has a three-state control that will
disable the address bus to allow
another device direct memory access
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Motorola 6800 - MC6800 microprocessor design
Other divisions in Motorola developed
components for the M6800 family. The
Components Products Department designed
the MC6870 two-phase clock IC; the Memory
Products group provided a full line of ROMs
and RAMs. The CMOS group's MC14411 Bit
Rate Generator provided a 75 to 9600 baud
clock for the MC6850 serial interface. The
buffers for address and data buses were
standard Motorola products. Motorola could
supply every IC, transistor and diode
necessary to build a MC6800 based
computer.
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List of IBM products - Microprocessors
*IBM APC — RISC
Processor, successor to
the 032
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List of IBM products - Microprocessors
*IBM POWER microprocessors|IBM
POWER — Processors for some RS/6000
and successors, later iSeries, and IBM
Power Systems
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List of IBM products - Microprocessors
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*PowerPC — Processors for some
RS/6000 and successors and earlier
iSeries, some also used in non-IBM
systems
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List of IBM products - Microprocessors
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*IBM z/Architecture
processors — for
z/Architecture
mainframes
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Broadway (microprocessor)
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'Broadway' is the codename of the 32bit CPU|Central Processing Unit
(CPU) used in Nintendo's Wii video
game console. It was designed by
IBM, and is currently being produced
using a 65 nm Silicon on insulator|SOI
process.
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Broadway (microprocessor)
According to IBM, the processor
consumes 20% less power than its
predecessor, the 180 nm Gekko
(microprocessor)|Gekko used in the
Nintendo GameCube video game
console.
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Broadway (microprocessor)
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Unofficial reports claim it is derived
from the 486 Hertz|MHz Gekko
(microprocessor)|Gekko architecture
used in the GameCube and runs 50%
faster at 729
MHz.[http://www.hyrule.net/forum/i
ndex.php?showtopic=333 Wii
Technical Specification, Wii]
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Broadway (microprocessor)
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The only difference is that the 750CL comes
in variants, ranging from 400 MHz up to 1000
MHz.[http://raidenii.net/files/datasheets/cp
u/ppc_broadway.pdf IBM Broadway RISC
Microprocessor User’s Manual, v0.6] (page
361)[https://www01.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techd
ocs/2F33B5691BBB8769872571D10065F7D5/$
file/750cldd2x_ds_v2.6_16Oct2009dft.pdf IBM
PowerPC 750CL Microprocessor Revision
Level
DD2.x][http://www.raidenii.net/files/datash
eets/cpu/ppc_750cl.pdf IBM PowerPC 750CL
RISC Microprocessor User’s Manual]
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