Into the Core: Intel's next-generation microarchitecture

bananaman · Apr 6, 2006, 08:35 AM

Over a year ago at the Fall 2005 Intel Developer Forum, Intel formally announced that they would be [color=#008902]dropping the Pentium 4's Netburst microarchitecture[/color] in favor of a brand new, more power-efficient microarchitecture that would carry the company's entire x86 product line, from laptops up through Xeon servers, into the next decade. Not since April of 2001, when Netburst arrived on the scene to replace the P6 microarchitecture that powered the Pentium Pro, Pentium II, and Pentium III, have all segments of Intel's x86 processor line used the same microarchitecture.

This past IDF saw the unveiling of some significant details about this new microarchitecture, which was formerly called "Merom" but now goes by the official name of "Core." (You'll also see Core called NGMA, an acronym for "next-generation microarchitecture.") Intel presented many of these details in a presentation on Core, and others were [color=#008902]obtained by David Kanter[/color] of Real World Technologies. The present article draws on both of those sources, as well as my own correspondence with Intel, to paint what is (hopefully) an accessible picture of the new microarchitecture that will soon be powering everything from Windows Vista servers to Apple laptops.

http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/cpu/core.ars

**MIG-31** · Apr 6, 2006, 04:48 PM

Just for you're info this has already been posted by vikingod yesterday from a different source.

Here.

(if the news mods see this article differently feel free to delete my post).

bananaman · Apr 6, 2006, 04:52 PM

yeah i did see that but the Ars atricle seems more in depth, but fair point that they do indeed cover the same topic

Iria · Apr 6, 2006, 05:20 PM

I almost posted Bananaman's article myself, but thought it overlapped too much. So ... thread closed :-)

Apr 6, 2006, 08:35 AM	#1
bananaman banana muncher Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: London Posts: 1,254 Rep Power: 64	Into the Core: Intel's next-generation microarchitecture Over a year ago at the Fall 2005 Intel Developer Forum, Intel formally announced that they would be [color=#008902]dropping the Pentium 4's Netburst microarchitecture[/color] in favor of a brand new, more power-efficient microarchitecture that would carry the company's entire x86 product line, from laptops up through Xeon servers, into the next decade. Not since April of 2001, when Netburst arrived on the scene to replace the P6 microarchitecture that powered the Pentium Pro, Pentium II, and Pentium III, have all segments of Intel's x86 processor line used the same microarchitecture. This past IDF saw the unveiling of some significant details about this new microarchitecture, which was formerly called "Merom" but now goes by the official name of "Core." (You'll also see Core called NGMA, an acronym for "next-generation microarchitecture.") Intel presented many of these details in a presentation on Core, and others were [color=#008902]obtained by David Kanter[/color] of Real World Technologies. The present article draws on both of those sources, as well as my own correspondence with Intel, to paint what is (hopefully) an accessible picture of the new microarchitecture that will soon be powering everything from Windows Vista servers to Apple laptops. http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/cpu/core.ars __________________

Apr 6, 2006, 04:48 PM	#2
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,860 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Just for you're info this has already been posted by vikingod yesterday from a different source. Here. (if the news mods see this article differently feel free to delete my post). __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Apr 6, 2006, 04:52 PM	Thread Starter #3
bananaman banana muncher Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: London Posts: 1,254 Rep Power: 64	yeah i did see that but the Ars atricle seems more in depth, but fair point that they do indeed cover the same topic __________________

Apr 6, 2006, 05:20 PM	#4
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	I almost posted Bananaman's article myself, but thought it overlapped too much. So ... thread closed :-)