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Willow Cove - Microarchitectures - Intel
| Edit Values | |
| Willow Cove µarch | |
| General Info | |
| Arch Type | CPU |
| Designer | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel |
| Introduction | 2020 |
| Process | 10 nm |
| Instructions | |
| ISA | x86-64 |
| Succession | |
Willow Cove is the successor to Sunny Cove, a high-performance 10 nm x86 core microarchitecture designed by Intel for an array of server and client products, including Tiger Lake.
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History
Willow Cove was originally unveiled by Intel at their 2018 architecture day. Willow Cove is intended to succeed Sunny Cove in the 2020 timeframe.
Process Technology
Willow Cove is designed to take advantage of Intel's 10 nm process.
Architecture
Key changes from Sunny Cove
- Expanded L2 Cache(From Sunny Cove's 512kb 8-way to 1.25MB 20-way)
- 50% Expanded L3 Cache (From Sunny Cove's 8mb 16-way to 12mb 12-way)
- Security features
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New instructions
Willow Cove introduced a number of new instructions:
- Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET) enhancements
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MOVDIR- Direct stores - Additional AVX-512 extensions:
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AVX512_VP2INTERSECT- AVX-512 Vector Intersection Instructions
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Only on server parts (Sapphire Rapids):
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ENQCMD- Enqueue Stores - Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions (Intel AMX)
Bibliography
- Intel Architecture Day 2018, December 11, 2018
Facts about "Willow Cove - Microarchitectures - Intel"
| codename | Willow Cove + |
| core count | 2 +, 4 +, 6 + and 8 + |
| designer | Intel + |
| first launched | 2020 + |
| full page name | intel/microarchitectures/willow cove + |
| instance of | microarchitecture + |
| instruction set architecture | x86-64 + |
| manufacturer | Intel + |
| microarchitecture type | CPU + |
| name | Willow Cove + |
| pipeline stages (max) | 19 + |
| pipeline stages (min) | 14 + |
| process | 10 nm (0.01 μm, 1.0e-5 mm) + |