Sunny Cove

Intel Launches 3rd Gen Ice Lake Xeon Scalable

April 6, 2021May 23, 2021 David Schor 10nm, AVX-512, Ice Lake, Intel, Sunny Cove, x86, Xeon Gold, Xeon Platinum, Xeon Scalable, Xeon Silver

Intel launches its 3rd Generation Xeon Scalable, formerly Ice Lake. Fabricated on the company’s 10nm process, those server chips go up to 40 Sunny Cove cores and offer a 20% IPC improvement over the prior generation.

Mobile Processors

Intel Launches Lakefield: An Experiment With Multiple New Technologies

June 15, 2020May 23, 2021 David Schor 10 nm, 22 nm, 22FFL, 3D packaging, Core i3, Core i5, Foveros, Intel, Lakefield, Sunny Cove, Tremont

Intel launches Lakefield, a 3D SoC with a new form factor for ultra-mobile devices. This microprocessor allows the chip giant to dabble with a number of new complementary technologies that could potentially find broader uses in the future.

Architectures Hot Chips 31 IEDM 2019 ISSCC 2020

A Look at Intel Lakefield: A 3D-Stacked Single-ISA Heterogeneous Penta-Core SoC

April 5, 2020May 25, 2021 David Schor 10 nm, 22 nm, 22FFL, 3D packaging, Foveros, Intel, Lakefield, Sunny Cove, Tremont

A look at Lakefield, Intel’s new mobile-class heterogeneous penta-core SoC built using two dies 3D-stacked face-to-face using the company Foveros packaging technology.

Architectures Hot Chips 31 Neural Processors

Intel Spring Hill: Morphing Ice Lake SoC Into A Power-Efficient Data Center Inference Accelerator

October 20, 2019May 25, 2021 David Schor 10nm, AI, inference, Intel, Nervana, neural processors, Spring Hill, Sunny Cove, Tensilica Vision DSP, Tensilica Vision P6, x86

First detailed at Hot Chips 31, Intel Spring Hill morphs the Ice Lake SoC into a highly power-efficient data center inference accelerator.

Mobile Processors

Intel Launches 10th Gen Ice Lake Lineup: 11 New Mobile Chips

August 1, 2019May 25, 2021 David Schor 10nm, Gen11, Ice Lake, Sunny Cove, x86

Intel launches 10th Generation Core based on the Ice Lake microarchitecture with a lineup of 11 new mobile chips with a turbo of up to 4.1 GHz

Architectures

Intel Sunny Cove Core To Deliver A Major Improvement In Single-Thread Performance, Bigger Improvements To Follow

May 28, 2019May 25, 2021 David Schor 10nm, Ice Lake, Sunny Cove, x86

Intel disclosed additional details about their upcoming Sunny Cove core, claiming a large improvement in single-thread performance.

Architectures Mobile Processors

Intel Announces 10th Gen Core Processors Based On 10nm Ice Lake, Now Shipping

May 28, 2019May 25, 2021 David Schor 10nm, Ice Lake, Sunny Cove, x86

Intel announces 10th Generation Core based on the 10nm Ice Lake Chips which are now shipping to OEMs.

Architectures Desktop Processors Roadmaps Server Processors

Intel Reveals 10nm Sunny Cove Core, a New Core Roadmap, and Teases Ice Lake Chips

December 23, 2018May 25, 2021 David Schor 10nm, 7nm, AVX-512, Foveros, Golden Cove, Gracemont, Ice Lake, Palm Cove, Sunny Cove, Tremont, Willow Cove, x86

Last week Intel disclosed initial details of their next-generation core microarchitecture, Sunny Cove, which will make it into future Ice Lake client and server chips among other products.