Intel Multi-Core Processor Architecture Development Backgrounder

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Multi-core processor capability is central to the Intel platform-. centric approach. ….. The first Intel dual-core processor for desktop platforms, …

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Intel?Multi-Core Processor
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Contents
Introduction ………………………………………………………2
Understanding Multi-Core Processor Architecture ………….3
Benefits Spanning the Digital Home and the Enterprise……4
A Long-Term Strategy within Intel …………………………………4
Introduction
In the October 1989 issue of IEEE Spectrum, an article titled
“Microprocessors Circa 2000″ predicted that multi-core
processors could come to market soon after the turn of the
century. The paper was the work of four Intel Corporation
technologists, including Pat Gelsinger, vice president and
general manager of the Digital Enterprise Group, who
envisioned the future through the lens of Moore’s Law. Fifteen
years later, their predictions are proving true and multi-core
processor capability development has become one of the top
business and product initiatives for Intel.
Intel continues to focus its near- and long-term efforts on
enhancing the overall computing platform to deliver greater
value and functionality to personal computer (PC) users.
About three years ago Intel sharpened its continued focus on
platform-level improvements and began providing
fundamental technologies and features in a move to bring
more benefits to users. The Intel vision of a balanced
platform is moving beyond gigahertz (GHz) and expanding
the company’s focus on the fundamental technologies and…