Westmere
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Westmere is Intel's 32 nm microarchitecture, a die-shrink of Nehalem that introduced several new features and performance improvements to the Core processor lineup.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | microarchitecture ⓘ |
| architectureFamily | Intel Core NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cacheHierarchy | L1, L2, shared L3 cache ⓘ |
| codenameVariant |
Arrandale
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clarkdale NERFINISHED ⓘ Gulftown NERFINISHED ⓘ Westmere-EP NERFINISHED ⓘ Westmere-EX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreCountRange | 2 to 6 cores ⓘ |
| developer | Intel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dieShrinkOf | Nehalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| improvementOver |
higher clock speeds than Nehalem at same power
ⓘ
lower power consumption than Nehalem ⓘ smaller die size than Nehalem ⓘ |
| instructionSetArchitecture | x86-64 ⓘ |
| introducesFeature | AES New Instructions ⓘ |
| L3CacheRange | up to 12 MB (Gulftown/Westmere-EP) ⓘ |
| launchYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| marketedAs | 32 nm die-shrink of Nehalem ⓘ |
| memoryTypeSupport | DDR3 ⓘ |
| microarchitectureGeneration | Intel Core first generation shrink ⓘ |
| notableModel |
Core i3-5xx series
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Core i5-6xx series NERFINISHED ⓘ Core i7-980X NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pipelineType | out-of-order superscalar ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | Sandy Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| processNode | 32 nm ⓘ |
| segment |
desktop processors
ⓘ
mobile processors ⓘ server processors ⓘ |
| socketSupport |
LGA 1155 (some derivatives via compatibility families)
ⓘ
LGA 1156 ⓘ LGA 1366 ⓘ |
| successorTo | Nehalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
AES-NI
ⓘ
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology ⓘ Hyper-Threading ⓘ Intel 64 NERFINISHED ⓘ Intel Trusted Execution Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ SSE4.2 ⓘ TXT NERFINISHED ⓘ Turbo Boost ⓘ VT-d ⓘ VT-x NERFINISHED ⓘ integrated memory controller ⓘ |
| technology | integrated graphics on-package (in Clarkdale/Arrandale) ⓘ |
| useCase |
consumer PCs
ⓘ
servers ⓘ workstations ⓘ |
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