Subsequent performance improvements have tended toward making additions rather than profound changes, such as adding the Advanced Vector Extensions instruction set extensions to Sandy Bridge, first released on 32 nm in January 2011. The new substantial bump in microarchitecture came with the introduction of the 45 nm Bloomfield desktop processor in November 2008 on the Nehalem architecture, whose main advantage came from redesigned I/O and memory systems featuring the new Intel QuickPath Interconnect and an integrated memory controller supporting up to three channels of DDR3 memory. Maintaining high instructions per cycle (IPC) on a deeply pipelined and resourced out-of-order execution engine has remained a constant fixture of the Intel Core product group ever since. The first Intel Core desktop processor-and typical family member-came from the Conroe iteration, a 65 nm dual-core design fabricated brought to market in July 2006, based on the Intel Core microarchitecture with substantial enhancements in micro-architectural efficiency and performance, outperforming Pentium 4 across the board (or near to it), while operating at drastically lower clock rates.
These are substantially different in design than the rest of the Intel Core product group, having derived from the Pentium Pro lineage that predated Pentium 4. The first products receiving this designation were the Core Solo and Core Duo Yonah processors for mobile from the Pentium M design tree, fabricated at 65 nm and brought to market in January 2006.
11.4.1 Architecture changes compared to Kaby Lake Refresh.10.2.6 High-end Desktop processors (X-Series).10.1.1 High-end Desktop processors (X-Series).9.1.1 High-end Desktop Processors (E-Series).Contains a GPU on a secondary die manufactured in 45 nm codenamed " Ironlake".All models support: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST), Intel 64, XD bit (an NX bit implementation), Intel VT-x, Hyper-Threading, Smart Cache.3.2 Ivy Bridge microarchitecture (3rd generation)ĭesktop processors Westmere microarchitecture (1st generation) " Clarkdale" ( MCP, 32 nm).3.1 Sandy Bridge microarchitecture (2nd generation).2.12 Willow Cove microarchitecture (11th generation).2.11 Sunny Cove microarchitecture (10th generation).2.10 Comet Lake microarchitecture (10th generation).2.9 Cannon Lake microarchitecture (8th generation).2.8 Coffee Lake microarchitecture (8th generation).2.7 Kaby Lake microarchitecture (7th/8th generation).2.6 Skylake microarchitecture (6th generation).2.5 Broadwell microarchitecture (5th generation).2.4 Haswell microarchitecture (4th generation).2.3 Ivy Bridge microarchitecture (3rd generation).
2.2 Sandy Bridge microarchitecture (2nd generation).2.1 Westmere microarchitecture (1st generation).1.8 Comet Lake microarchitecture (10th generation).1.7.1 "Coffee Lake-S" (14 nm) (9th gen is Coffee Lake-R).1.7 Coffee Lake microarchitecture (8th/9th generation).1.6 Kaby Lake microarchitecture (7th generation).1.5 Skylake microarchitecture (6th generation).1.4 Haswell microarchitecture (4th generation).1.3 Ivy Bridge microarchitecture (3rd generation).1.2 Sandy Bridge microarchitecture (2nd generation).1.1 Westmere microarchitecture (1st generation).