Intel Skylake microarchitecture
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Intel Skylake microarchitecture is a generation of Intel CPU design that introduced significant performance, power efficiency, and security enhancements for desktop, mobile, and server processors.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | CPU microarchitecture ⓘ |
| announcementDate | 2015 ⓘ |
| branchPrediction | improved branch predictor over Broadwell ⓘ |
| cacheConfiguration |
L1 data cache 32 KB per core
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L1 instruction cache 32 KB per core ⓘ L2 cache 256 KB per core ⓘ shared L3 cache up to several MB ⓘ |
| codename | Skylake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | Intel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executionPorts | 8 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Intel Kaby Lake microarchitecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| integratedGraphicsArchitecture | Intel Gen9 graphics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| integratedGraphicsBrand |
Intel HD Graphics 500 series
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Intel Iris Graphics 500 series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketIntroductionYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| marketSegment |
consumer
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enterprise ⓘ mobile ⓘ |
| maxMemoryChannels |
2 (client variants)
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4 (server variants) ⓘ |
| microarchitectureFamily | Intel Core NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
enhanced security features including SGX and MPX
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improved power efficiency compared to Broadwell ⓘ new Speed Shift hardware-controlled P-state transitions ⓘ support for DDR4 memory on mainstream desktop platform ⓘ |
| performanceImprovementOverPredecessor | higher IPC than Broadwell ⓘ |
| pipelineWidth | 4-wide decode ⓘ |
| powerOptimization | finer-grained power gating ⓘ |
| precededBy | Intel Broadwell microarchitecture ⓘ |
| processNode | 14 nm ⓘ |
| processTechnology | Intel 14nm process ⓘ |
| securityVulnerability |
affected by L1TF (Foreshadow)
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affected by Spectre ⓘ |
| securityVulnerability | affected by Meltdown ⓘ |
| socket | LGA 1151 ⓘ |
| supportsInstructionSet | x86-64 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsInstructionSetExtension |
AES-NI
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AVX2 NERFINISHED ⓘ FMA3 ⓘ Intel MPX NERFINISHED ⓘ Intel SGX NERFINISHED ⓘ SSE4.1 ⓘ SSE4.2 NERFINISHED ⓘ TSX-NI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsMemoryType |
DDR3L
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DDR4 ⓘ |
| supportsTechnology |
Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
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Intel Speed Shift NERFINISHED ⓘ Intel Turbo Boost 2.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ Intel VT-d NERFINISHED ⓘ Intel VT-x NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetPlatform |
desktop computers
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mobile computers ⓘ servers ⓘ |
| usedInProductLine |
6th generation Intel Core processors
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Intel Xeon E3 v5 series NERFINISHED ⓘ Intel Xeon scalable processors (Skylake-SP) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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