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    Sandy Bridge CPU lineup

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by sgogeta4, Aug 11, 2010.

  1. Jayayess1190

    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    No, Sandy Bridge is not a refresh. Arrandale was a refresh of the cancelled 45nm mobile Nehalem's, Sandy Bridge is a brand new architecture and Ivy Bridge will be the refresh of that. Sandy Bridge adds AVX instructions, a die shrunk higher powered integrated graphics with Turbo Boost support, higher speed DDR3 ram support, and other optimizations and tweaks.
     
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  2. Deks

    Deks Notebook Prophet

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    Hm ...
    It would appear that Sandy Bridge will be bringing in the new architecture.

    I'm confused.
    Penryn was a refresh of preexisting architecture, and then came Nehalem (which is known as the i series).
    What the heck does Westmere include exactly?
    Ah ... a refresh (a die shrink and lower TDP).

    I must say I never noticed Westmere taking place, as I was under the impression that these i series we have in laptops today are the ones that came out after the core2duos.

    Or, does the naming scheme include desktop cpu's only at times?


    I'll still have to wait for a 6 or 8 core cpu's to make their debuts.
     
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    The Core i Series did come out after Core 2 Duo. Before 32nm Westmere debuted Intel was supposed to release 45nm Auburndale along with Clarksfield quad's, but Auburndale was cancelled due to the bad economy and Westmere got pushed forward. Desktops got 45nm Nehalem, but notebooks skipped straight to the refresh which is Westmere.
     
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