Intel Skylake microarchitecture

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Intel Skylake microarchitecture is a generation of Intel CPU design that introduced significant performance, power efficiency, and security enhancements for desktop, mobile, and server processors.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf CPU microarchitecture ⓘ
announcementDate 2015 ⓘ
branchPrediction improved branch predictor over Broadwell ⓘ
cacheConfiguration L1 data cache 32 KB per core ⓘ
L1 instruction cache 32 KB per core ⓘ
L2 cache 256 KB per core ⓘ
shared L3 cache up to several MB ⓘ
codename Skylake ⓘ
developer Intel ⓘ
linked to: Intel Corporation
executionPorts 8 ⓘ
followedBy Intel Kaby Lake microarchitecture ⓘ
integratedGraphicsArchitecture Intel Gen9 graphics ⓘ
integratedGraphicsBrand Intel HD Graphics 500 series ⓘ
Intel Iris Graphics 500 series ⓘ
linked to: Intel Iris Graphics
marketIntroductionYear 2015 ⓘ
marketSegment consumer ⓘ
enterprise ⓘ
mobile ⓘ
maxMemoryChannels 2 (client variants) ⓘ
4 (server variants) ⓘ
microarchitectureFamily Intel Core ⓘ
notableFeature enhanced security features including SGX and MPX ⓘ
improved power efficiency compared to Broadwell ⓘ
new Speed Shift hardware-controlled P-state transitions ⓘ
support for DDR4 memory on mainstream desktop platform ⓘ
performanceImprovementOverPredecessor higher IPC than Broadwell ⓘ
pipelineWidth 4-wide decode ⓘ
powerOptimization finer-grained power gating ⓘ
precededBy Intel Broadwell microarchitecture ⓘ
processNode 14 nm ⓘ
processTechnology Intel 14nm process ⓘ
securityVulnerability affected by L1TF (Foreshadow) ⓘ
affected by Spectre ⓘ
securityVulnerability affected by Meltdown ⓘ
socket LGA 1151 ⓘ
supportsInstructionSet x86-64 ⓘ
linked to: AMD64 architecture
supportsInstructionSetExtension AES-NI ⓘ
linked to: Intel AES-NI

AVX2 ⓘ
linked to: Intel AVX2

FMA3 ⓘ
Intel MPX ⓘ
Intel SGX ⓘ
SSE4.1 ⓘ
SSE4.2 ⓘ
TSX-NI ⓘ
supportsMemoryType DDR3L ⓘ
DDR4 ⓘ
supportsTechnology Intel Hyper-Threading Technology ⓘ
Intel Speed Shift ⓘ
Intel Turbo Boost 2.0 ⓘ
Intel VT-d ⓘ
Intel VT-x ⓘ
targetPlatform desktop computers ⓘ
mobile computers ⓘ
servers ⓘ
usedInProductLine 6th generation Intel Core processors ⓘ
Intel Xeon E3 v5 series ⓘ
linked to: Intel Xeon

Intel Xeon scalable processors (Skylake-SP) ⓘ
linked to: Intel Xeon

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Intel SGX → introducedBy → Intel Skylake microarchitecture ⓘ
Intel Secure Key → availableOn → Intel Skylake processors ⓘ
subject linked to: Intel Secure Key (RDRAND)
linked to: Intel Skylake microarchitecture
Intel MPX → introducedBy → Intel Skylake microarchitecture ⓘ
Intel MPX → introducedIn → Intel 6th generation Core processors ⓘ
linked to: Intel Skylake microarchitecture
AVX-512 → firstIntroducedInMicroarchitecture → Intel Skylake-X ⓘ
linked to: Intel Skylake microarchitecture
HT Technology → featureOf → Intel Skylake microarchitecture ⓘ
Intel Skylake microarchitecture → codename → Skylake ⓘ
linked to: Intel Skylake microarchitecture
Zen → targetCompetitor → Intel Skylake generation CPUs ⓘ
linked to: Intel Skylake microarchitecture