Table 17.3 shows this trend from the Nehalem microarchitecture onwards.
Table 17.3 | Intel’s Tick-Tock
YearName of the
microarchitecture (tock)
nmName of the lower nm
version (tick)
2008Nehalem45
200932 Westemere
2011Sandy Bridge32
201222 IvyBridge
2013Haswell22
2014 (Planned)14 Broadwell
Intel calls this sequence as ‘tick-tock’. The same microarchitecture in a smaller die
version is a tick, while a new microarchitecture is called a tock. Thus, Sandy Bridge
is a tock because it delivers a new microarchitecture, while IvyBridge is a tick and it
advances manufacturing technology. Haswell is ...
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