Title :
A Family of 32 nm IA Processors
Author :
Kurd, Nasser A. ; Bhamidipati, Subramani ; Mozak, Chris ; Miller, Jeffrey L. ; Mosalikanti, Praveen ; Wilson, Timothy M. ; El-Husseini, Ali M. ; Neidengard, Mark ; Aly, Ramy E. ; Nemani, Mahadev ; Chowdhury, Muntaquim ; Kumar, Rajesh
Author_Institution :
Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR, USA
Abstract :
Westmere is the latest IA processor family for mobile, desktop and server market segments, implemented on Intel´s second-generation high-k metal gate 32 nm process. Westmere not only increases core count, cache size, and frequency within the previous generation´s power envelope, it also provides further improvements in power efficiency, feature set, and support for combo DDR3 and low voltage DDR3 despite using a thin gate technology.
Keywords :
low-power electronics; microprocessor chips; IA processor; Intel; Westmere; combo DDR3; power envelope; second-generation high-k metal gate; size 32 nm; thin gate technology; Clocks; Delay; Driver circuits; Logic gates; Program processors; Servers; Voltage control; IA; Intel® QuickPath; interconnect; memory controller; power management;
Journal_Title :
Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JSSC.2010.2079430
