Welcoming the Third Generation Intel Core Family
"Tick-tock" is a term used during the time Intel introduced a new processor. Also known as the Silicon Cadence, this terminology has become their business strategy since 2007 in which the 'tick' represents the depreciation of manufacturing technology while the "tock" marks a new microarchitecture. It is said that this was intended to avoid clashes between microarchitecture and new manufacturing processes.
"Tock" occurred early last year 2011 when Intel introduced the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture which underlines GPU integration in a single die. Now it was time for a period of "tick" ie Ivy Bridge that brings all the benefits of Sandy Bridge plus a number of new features and of course the latest 22 nm manufacturing process with power efficiency and perfomance per watt better.
With the condition that the computing industry landscape continues to change over time, Intel expects Ivy Bridge could bring fresh air into the realm of graphics. Graphic almost always be a point of weakness Intel in recent years. In fact, Intel's integrated graphics have been ignoring for a long time so that users who want more graphics performance discrete graphics should seek their own solutions. But the face of computing industry has changed a lot in recent years. Apple iPhone and iPad mobile computing realm of success makes a great ferment, and began the era of convergence between computing and graphics processing. SoC (system on chip) where one chip to handle both tasks also received a lot of attention.
This new processor series of graphics power promising a more reliable thanks to a more powerful GPU and feature rich. However, he still maintains the basic aspects about grafus performance. Find more details on the next page.
Relevance that is the background of the birth of Sandy Bridge, Intel's first monolithic processor integrates the graphics processing elements into a single chip. Although Sandy Bridge is a major leap forward for Intel but it offers graphics performance is still far from perfect. And with Ivy Bridge, Intel is also not necessarily ignore computing power, but it must be admitted that the main selling point is the new chip GPU HD 4000 is superior to support DirectX 11.
In this article, we underline the key performance features of the Ivy Bridge processors, review the 7 series chipset is optimized for the new processor, and close with a brief guide to what to consider if you want to switch to Ivy Bridge. In terms of performance the new CPU is discussed further in a separate article. Now let's see a little about the model of the processor that will be available at the time of its official launch later.
Familiar with Ivy Bridge Processor
Before delving further , how you can recognize proseor Ivy Bridge or systems that are already using it ? Considering he is officially referred to as third -generation Core family , the various systems and notebooks will still use Core i7/i5/i3 logo sticker is there to explain its product class . The easiest way is to check the model number that appears after naming the class - all 37xx series CPU ( and below ) is a third -generation Core family ( Ivy Bridge ) . This is the simplest tricks , just like Sandy Bridge series of processors that adopt naming system 27xx series ( and below ) since they are the second generation Core family . Note also that the 38xx and 39xx series Sandy Bridge E processors represent though it would be easier if they still use the naming 2xxx series .
Ivy Bridge series of CPUs SKU
At the time of its official launch , Intel announced the availability of a number of SKUs SKU which includes two types of high-end Core i7 for DIY segment and three types of SKU mid - to- high end Core i5 . In addition , there are also four more SKUs low-power reserved for AIO and HTPC ( which has the suffix " S " and " T " . From the fifth SKU designed for the DIY segment , two will carry the K suffix meaning comes unlocked CPU multiplier. In the table below , SKU launch Ivy Bridge on saar looks similar to what is on the Sandy Bridge launch in the aspect of clock speed , features and prices comparable Core i7 - 3770K Core i7 - 2700k with previous generation while the Core i7 - 3770 is a balanced pair for Core i7 - 2600k . As with Sandy Bridge, only the type of processor Core i7 Ivy Bridge which will be equipped with Hyper Threading feature and L3 cache of 8 MB. The whole series processors launched today is a quad-core processor but the version of its dual-core (Core i3 type) is expected to arrive this month. A number of characteristics of a low-power CPU's including 3 MB L3 cache and Turbo Boost features and the absence of overclocking. Our expectation, the type of dual-core processors will be tough competitor for AMD Trinity APU family when her desktop versions are available.
Below is a summary table of some classes Ivy Bridge CPU.