By: rwessel (robertwessel.delete@this.yahoo.com), May 6, 2013 9:04 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
David Kanter (dkanter.delete@this.realworldtech.com) on May 6, 2013 2:30 pm wrote:
> Silvermont is Intel’s first CPU core tailored for power efficient applications such as smartphones,
> tablets, and microservers. The 22nm microarchitecture features updated instruction set extensions,
> full out-of-order execution with a tightly coupled L2 cache, aggressive power management, and a new
> high performance SoC fabric. These enhancements deliver tremendous performance and frequency gains
> over the aging Atom core, putting Intel’s mobile strategy in a more competitive position.
>
> My detailed look at the microarchitecture is online: http://www.realworldtech.com/silvermont/
>
> Comments and questions are welcome, let the discussion begin!
Page 2 specifies a 4 entry RSB, and page 3 a 16 entry RSB.
> Silvermont is Intel’s first CPU core tailored for power efficient applications such as smartphones,
> tablets, and microservers. The 22nm microarchitecture features updated instruction set extensions,
> full out-of-order execution with a tightly coupled L2 cache, aggressive power management, and a new
> high performance SoC fabric. These enhancements deliver tremendous performance and frequency gains
> over the aging Atom core, putting Intel’s mobile strategy in a more competitive position.
>
> My detailed look at the microarchitecture is online: http://www.realworldtech.com/silvermont/
>
> Comments and questions are welcome, let the discussion begin!
Page 2 specifies a 4 entry RSB, and page 3 a 16 entry RSB.