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I7’s Core

Jon Ross
&
Philip Cosgrave
Intel’s Core i7

Jon Ross
&
Philip Cosgrave
Content
• Overview
• Socket
• SSE 4.2 Instruction Set
• Cores
– Intel Quickpath Interconnect
– Nehalem - new micro-architecture
– EP, EX socket
– 3 to 2 chip solution
Over View
• Released November 2008
• CPU clock
• Cache
• Turbo Boost
Socket
• Known as the LGA 1366 or Socket B
• Contact points
Instruction Set

• Backwards support
• Added SSE 4.2 Instruction set
– CRC32
– PCMPESTRI
– PCMPESTRM
– PCMPISTRI
– PCMPISTRM
– PCMPGTQ
– POPCNT
Core: Over View
• 4 Physical, 8 logical from H/T
• 3 channel memory
Core: Intel Quickpath Interconnect
• Intel X58 Arch
• Replaced front side bus
• Max width: 20 bit
• Max bandwidth: 16GB/s Unidirectional
• I7 920, 940
– 16 bit and 4.8 GT/s = 19.2 GB/s
• I7 965XE
– 16 bit and 6.4 GT/s = 25.6GB/s
Core: Nehalem
– 45nm architecture
– Scalable performance for from one-to-16 (or
more) threads and from one-to-eight (or
more) cores.
– Power usage
Core: EP & EX
• EP is for 2 sockets (the base layout)
• EX is for 4 and 8 sockets
– Is the EP duplicated with more interconnects
Core: 3 to 2 chip solution
• Named Westmere
• Moved GPU functionality from the
Northbridge onto the CPU
• Enables full disk encryption
Other Fun Info
More Extra Info
References
• Crysis Benchmark:
http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,665558/Intel-Core-i7-Nehalem-CPUs-reviewed/Reviews/?
page=5
• Pin set:
Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition and Intel Core i7 Processor and LGA1366 Socket
http://download.intel.com/design/processor/designex/320837.pdf
• Intel Overclock:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/intels-core-i7-extreme-edition-965-overclocked-to-5-5ghz/
• Intel Nehalem Arch
http://download.intel.com/pressroom/kits/events/idffall_2008/SSmith_briefing_roadmap.pdf
• 2 vs 3 chip solution
http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/intel_32nm/4.html
• Intel i7 homepage
http://www.intel.com/products/processor/corei7/index.htm
• Intel Quickpath
http://www.intel.com/technology/quickpath/introduction.pdf
• Intel Turboboost
http://www.intel.com/technology/turboboost/index.htm
• Nehalem Arch
http://www.intel.com/technology/architecture-silicon/next-gen/whitepaper.pdf

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