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[AntimatterAsh]

I was talking to somebody about processors today, which is a new subject for me, and was wondering what these terms mean:

Sandybridge -
Ivybridge -
22nm -
Haswell -
Hyperthreading -

 

[Virssagòn]

sandybridge and ivybridge are the architecture of types from intel cpu's
22nm is how big it is
hyperthreading means that you got f.e: 4 cores, but 8 virtual cores.
Most i7's from intel got this.
Haswell is the name for a processor architecture to be developped by intels Oregon team.

 

[AntimatterAsh]

sandybridge and ivybridge are the architecture of types from intel cpu's
22nm is how big it is
hyperthreading means that you got f.e: 4 cores, but 8 virtual cores.
Most i7's from intel got this.
Haswell is the name for a processor architecture to be developped by intels Oregon team.

What does Archetecture mean, what does the size tell you about how it performs, and i take it a virtual core is a normal core split in half?

 

[jonnyp11]

I was talking to somebody about processors today, which is a new subject for me, and was wondering what these terms mean:

Sandybridge -
Ivybridge -
22nm -
Haswell -
Hyperthreading -

Sandy-32nm architecture used by the i5 2500k and i7 2600k and similar processors.

Ivy-22nm architecure used by the i5 3570k and i7 3770k, it is slightly upgraded sandy bridge design shrunk down to a smaller size to provide better power efficiency.

22nm-22 nano meters, size of the lines and stuff inside the processors die.

Haswell-older version of i series processors, think it was the predecessor to sandy, its just not as powerfull as sandy

Hyperthreading-used by the i3 to simulate 4 cores instead of 2 and i7 to make 8 out of 4 (some sim. 12 from 6). The processor is faster than the pins it uses to recieve information allow it to run so they simulate a second core so it recieves more information and is better utilized, currently it provides approximately a 30% performance increase when they are used, but it is only used if the program is coded to use the 8 cores for i7 or 4 for i3

 

[AntimatterAsh]

Sandy-32nm architecture used by the i5 2500k and i7 2600k and similar processors.

Ivy-22nm architecure used by the i5 3570k and i7 3770k, it is slightly upgraded sandy bridge design shrunk down to a smaller size to provide better power efficiency.

22nm-22 nano meters, size of the lines and stuff inside the processors die.

Haswell-older version of i series processors, think it was the predecessor to sandy, its just not as powerfull as sandy

Hyperthreading-used by the i3 to simulate 4 cores instead of 2 and i7 to make 8 out of 4 (some sim. 12 from 6). The processor is faster than the pins it uses to recieve information allow it to run so they simulate a second core so it recieves more information and is better utilized, currently it provides approximately a 30% performance increase when they are used, but it is only used if the program is coded to use the 8 cores for i7 or 4 for i3

Ahhh... and the die..?

 

[Virssagòn]

What does Archetecture mean, what does the size tell you about how it performs, and i take it a virtual core is a normal core split in half?

the architecture is how the processor is built, the other question explained jonyp

 

[AntimatterAsh]

the architecture is how the processor is built, the other question explained jonyp

Thankyou

 

[voyagerfan99]

Ahhh... and the die..?

The die is the entire processor itself (not including the heat shroud over everything).

 

[AntimatterAsh]

The die is the entire processor itself (not including the heat shroud over everything).

Thankyou ever so much Sorry if I was annoying, I just dont really understand a lot of it at the moment since I am still quite new to things like this.

 

[wolfeking]

Haswell-older version of i series processors, think it was the predecessor to sandy, its just not as powerfull as sandy

Jonny, i do suggest you read up on it. Haswell is more powerful than sandy and ivy. It is the next generation 22nm archetecure. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haswell_(microarchitecture). Also of note for it is it is LGA 1150 and due out next year.

 

[spirit]

I was talking to somebody about processors today, which is a new subject for me, and was wondering what these terms mean:

Sandybridge -
Ivybridge -
22nm -
Haswell -
Hyperthreading -

Haha was that person me on Gtalk earlier? Sorry if I confused you a bit.

Anyway, your questions have been answered, but to reiterate; Sandy Bridge is the name of the previous generation of Intel processors and Ivy Bridge is the latest generation. 22nm is the size of the process (I think), generally the smaller the cooler the processor runs and the further it can overclock, however Ivy Bridge usually runs hotter than Sandy onced overclocked. Haswell is the next generation of 22nm processors which will replace Ivy Bridge and Hyper-Threading a technology offered by Intel which allows 2 threads per core, ie - simultaneous multi threading. As of today only the i7s have it. They have 4 cores and 8 threads, whereas an i5 which does not have hyper-threading ahs 4 cores and 4 threads.