Always doing more with less
Advancements in microarchitecture facilitate the creation of smaller, higher-performing devices. They’re also the driving force behind Intel’s business model and success. Through a commitment to smart design and intelligent process technology, Intel continues to lead the industry toward ever-smaller transistors, resulting in more energy-efficient, higher-performing processor cores.
What is microarchitecture?
Microarchitecture is a blueprint of chip elements. This blueprint, when combined with advanced nanotechnology, enables computing devices to be more capable and energy-efficient. Intel’s microarchitecture team continues to make giant leaps in innovation, and has recently transitioned to its latest line of 32nm microprocessors.
22-nanometer microarchitecture development
Driven by Moore's Law and the Tick-Tock model, Intel has continued its historic accomplishments in the microarchitecture field by successfully testing the first 22nm wafer and developing next-generation 14nm technologies.
Through intelligent innovation, Intel’s next-generation microprocessors will continue to enable higher performance, longer battery life at lower costs, and small form factor devices such as ultra-thin laptops.
Intel® 32-nanometer microarchitecture
Introduced in 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processors, Intel’s 32-nanometer microarchitecture continues to increase performance levels and energy efficiency beyond previous-generation processors while introducing new system-on-a-chip (SOC) technology.
Through Built-In Visuals, 32 nanometer microarchitecture integrates cores and graphics on a single chip, offering massive improvements in 3-D rendering and video processing and greatly enhancing your mainstream gaming, HD, Web, and other user experiences.
Intel® Atom™ processor microarchitecture
Continued innovations in microarchitecture have powered the Intel® Atom™ processor, the smallest and most versatile processor in the Intel® family. The Intel® Atom™ processor enables a broad range of companion devices, including netbooks, tablets, handhelds, smartphones, smart TVs, embedded devices, and consumer electronics, providing smaller devices with unparalleled audio and video performance.
Intel® Many Integrated Core microarchitecture
Intel® Many Integrated Core (MIC) microarchitecture is the latest breakthrough in supercomputing speed, performance, and compatibility, offering up to a teraflop of peak floating point performance on a single chip. MIC employs a high degree of parallel processing, and will target the High Performance Computing (HPC) market, which relies on parallel processing to create climate simulations, financial models, genetic analysis, and medical images, among others.
