Jun 19

CPU and GPU use shared cache

The graphics unit itself should be substantially revised sony pcga-bp2r battery. Intel promises more performance per clock Sandy Bridge than the previous Nehalem. Turbo Boost also is being improved.

Intel’s next architecture Sandy Bridge will have a shared cache for a CPU and GPU. This is to increase graphics performance. This has David Perlmutter, executive vice president and deputy general manager of Intel Architecture Group, announced at the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing.

Already known is that Intel wants to revise the graphics unit itself. The producer talks about the sixth generation. For Sandy Bridge CPU and graphics are on one die can be accommodated. In the current dual cores on Nehalem-based, Clarkdale and Arrandale lenovo 3000 n500 battery, these units are located separately in the processor housing. The graphics are still manufactured in the 45-nanometer process and has been updated to the X4500MHD only slightly.

All Sandy Bridge CPUs will be manufactured in 32-nanometer process. Intel wants to increase the performance per clock. The innovations also include the SSE extension AVX (Advanced Vector Extensions). Also, the automatic overclocking Turbo Boost will be improved. Probably due to improved power saving mechanisms can Maximaltakt be higher.

Intel was the first time, a Sandy-Bridge-computers with sony np-fc11 batteryWindows 7 demonstration last September at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. The production of CPUs with the new architecture should begin in the fourth quarter. The launch is expected in the first quarter of 2011.

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CPU based on Sandy Bridge will be manufactured in 32-nanometer process. Intel promises a higher performance CPU and GPU (Photo: Intel).

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The cache is shared between the CPU and GPU (Photo: Intel).

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