Larrabee Microarchitecture

Intel has developed a new Intel® microarchitecture, codenamed Larrabee, to meet the increasing compute and memory intensive demands of the latest PC games and high-performance computing applications, such as image processing, physical simulation, and medical and financial analytics.
The new flexible standard

As parallelism and advances in multi-core processing bring new levels of performance and application capabilities, Larrabee architecture's programmability creates new opportunities for developers to innovate in the visual computing realm. Designed to provide unprecedented freedom for developers, the Larrabee microarchitecture features a number of hardware advances, including a many-core throughput design for a wide range of highly parallel visual computing applications, including graphics, media, and medical imaging and financial services.
The enabling factor for each of these core elements is programmability. Platforms built around the Larrabee microarchitecture will operate across a unified infrastructure that includes other components based on Intel® architecture programmable cores.

Unlocking visual computing with the Larrabee microarchitectureLarrabee:

A Many-Core x86 Architecture for Visual Computing File Type/Size: PDF 2.10MB
Read this paper to discover the performance analysis performed on the Larrabee microarchitecture, demonstrating its potential for a broad range of parallel computation.
Game Physics Performance on the Larrabee Architecture File Type/Size: PDF 517KB
Examine several simulation models used to compute various types of physical simulation in modern games using the Larrabee microarchitecture to achieve increased game physics workloads and more efficient processing.

Intel® QuickPath Technology

Unleashing performance with interconnect system architecture

Providing point-to-point high-speed links to distributed shared memory, Intel® QuickPath Technology unleashes the parallel processing performance of Intel® microarchitecture, codenamed Tukwila and Intel® microarchitecture, codenamed Nehalem. These microarchitectures are the first to use the Intel® QuickPath Interconnect system for significant improvements in overall performance.
With Intel QuickPath Technology, each processor core features an integrated memory controller and high-speed interconnect, linking processors and other components to deliver:

Dynamically scalable interconnect bandwidth

designed to set loose the full performance of Nehalem, Tukwila, and future generations of Intel® multi-core processors

Outstanding memory performance and flexibility to support leading memory technologies

Tightly integrated interconnect reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) with design-scalable configurations for optimal balance of price, performance, and energy efficiency

Intel® Microarchitecture, Codenamed Nehalem

Intel's latest-generation microarchitecture, first exemplified as the Intel® Core™ i7 processor, represents the next step in faster, multi-core technology that intelligently maximized performance to match your workload. Designed from the ground up to take advantage of 45nm Hi-k next generation Intel® Core™ microarchitecture, Intel® microarchitecture, codenamed Nehalem, unleashes parallel processing performance enabled by an integrated memory controller and Intel® QuickPath Technology providing high-speed interconnects per independent processing core.
The next level of multi-core performanceIntel® microarchitecture, codenamed Nehalem, offers the latest in processor innovation, including:
Dynamic scalability, managed cores, threads, cache, interfaces, and power for energy-efficient performance on-demand. Design and performance scalability for servers, workstations, notebooks, and desktops with support for 2-8+ cores and up to 16+ threads with Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology), and scalable cache sizes, system interconnects, and integrated memory controllers. Intelligent performance on-demand with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology taking advantage of the processor's power and thermal headroom. This enables increased performance of both multi-threaded and single-threaded workloads. Increased performance on highly-threaded applications with Intel® HT Technology, bringing high-performance applications into mainstream computing with 1-16+ threads optimized for new generation multi-core processor architecture. Scalable shared memory features memory distributed to each processor with integrated memory controllers and Intel QuickPath Technology high-speed point-to-point interconnects to unleash the performance of future versions of next-generation Intel® multi-core processors. Multi-level shared cache improves performance and efficiency by reducing latency to frequently used data.

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