Intel Sandy Bridge

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microarchitecture

Intel Sandy Bridge is Intel’s second-generation Core microarchitecture, notable for integrating the CPU and GPU on a single die and introducing major instruction set and performance enhancements over its predecessors.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Intel Sandy Bridge microarchitecture	1
Intel Sandy Bridge processors	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	microarchitecture ⓘ
announcementDate	2010-09 ⓘ
cacheHierarchy	L1, L2, shared L3 cache ⓘ
codename	Sandy Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreCountRange	2 to 8 cores ⓘ
developer	Intel NERFINISHED ⓘ
dieDesign	monolithic die ⓘ
followedBy	Intel Ivy Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
frontSideBusReplacement	DMI 2.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ
integratedGraphicsBrand	Intel HD Graphics 2000 NERFINISHED ⓘ Intel HD Graphics 3000 NERFINISHED ⓘ
integrates	CPU and GPU on a single die ⓘ PCI Express controller ⓘ dual-channel DDR3 memory controller ⓘ
introduces	AVX1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Intel AVX NERFINISHED ⓘ
launchDate	2011-01 ⓘ
manufacturingProcess	Intel 32 nm HKMG ⓘ
marketedAs	2nd Generation Intel Core NERFINISHED ⓘ
maxL3CacheSize	20 MB ⓘ
memorySupport	DDR3 ⓘ DDR3L ⓘ
microarchitectureFamily	Intel Core NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	improved branch prediction over Nehalem ⓘ improved integrated graphics performance ⓘ ring bus interconnect for cores and LLC ⓘ
precededBy	Intel Nehalem NERFINISHED ⓘ Intel Westmere NERFINISHED ⓘ
processNode	32 nm ⓘ
socket	BGA1023 ⓘ LGA 1155 ⓘ rPGA988B ⓘ
supports	AES-NI ⓘ Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ Hyper-Threading Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ Intel 64 NERFINISHED ⓘ Intel Quick Sync Video NERFINISHED ⓘ Intel Turbo Boost 2.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ Intel VT-d NERFINISHED ⓘ Intel VT-x NERFINISHED ⓘ MMX ⓘ SSE ⓘ SSE2 NERFINISHED ⓘ SSE3 NERFINISHED ⓘ SSE4.1 NERFINISHED ⓘ SSE4.2 ⓘ SSSE3 NERFINISHED ⓘ x86-64 ⓘ
useCase	desktop processors ⓘ mobile processors ⓘ server processors ⓘ

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Intel AVX → firstSupportedBy → Intel Sandy Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Intel Sandy Bridge processors

Intel Quick Sync Video → introducedBy → Intel Sandy Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Intel Sandy Bridge microarchitecture

Intel AVX → introducedInMicroarchitecture → Intel Sandy Bridge ⓘ