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Intel talks optimization
Intel's Tokyo presentation included a general overview of optimization for Core 2. I've got the PowerPoint slides from that, and here's an Intel-supplied picture of the Core 2 microarchitecture:
Intel's Core 2 Microarchitecture
If you've seen the above diagram before, then you'll notice that there's a new number in there. From what I know, the Tokyo presentation is the first time that Intel has disclosed this much information about Core 2's fetch and predecode phases:
18-deep instruction queue
6 instructions can be written per cycle (by PreDecode)
5 instructions can be read per cycle
Implements a single "Macro-fusion" per cycle
Delivers complete instructions to the Decode stage
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060626-7135.html |
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