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Whiskey Lake - Microarchitectures - Intel
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| Whiskey Lake µarch | |
| General Info | |
| Arch Type | CPU |
| Designer | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel |
| Introduction | July, 2018 |
| Process | 14 nm |
| Core Configs | 4 |
| Pipeline | |
| OoOE | Yes |
| Speculative | Yes |
| Reg Renaming | Yes |
| Stages | 14-19 |
| Decode | 5-way |
| Instructions | |
| ISA | x86-64 |
| Extensions | MOVBE, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, POPCNT, AVX, AVX2, AES, PCLMUL, FSGSBASE, RDRND, FMA3, F16C, BMI, BMI2, VT-x, VT-d, TXT, TSX, RDSEED, ADCX, PREFETCHW, CLFLUSHOPT, XSAVE, SGX, MPX |
| Cache | |
| L1I Cache | 32 KiB/core 8-way set associative |
| L1D Cache | 32 KiB/core 8-way set associative |
| L2 Cache | 256 KiB/core 4-way set associative |
| L3 Cache | 2 MiB/core Up to 16-way set associative |
| Cores | |
| Core Names | Whiskey Lake U |
| Succession | |
| Contemporary | |
| Cannon Lake | |
Whiskey Lake (WHL) is a microarchitecture designed by Intel as a successor to Coffee Lake for mobile devices. Whiskey Lake is expected to launch in the third quarter of 2018 and is manufactured on Intel's mature 14 nm process.
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| Core | Abbrev | Description | Graphics | Target |
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| Whiskey Lake U | WHL-U | Ultra-low power | GT2 | Light notebooks, portable All-in-Ones (AiOs), Minis, and conference room |
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Release Dates
Whiskey Lake processors are expected to be introduced in the summer of 2018.
Technology
Whiskey Lake is fabricated on 3rd generation improved 14++ process.
Compatibility
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Compiler support
| Compiler | Arch-Specific | Arch-Favorable |
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| ICC | -march=skylake |
-mtune=skylake
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| GCC | -march=skylake |
-mtune=skylake
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| LLVM | -march=skylake |
-mtune=skylake
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| Visual Studio | /arch:AVX2 |
/tune:skylake
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CPUID
| Core | Extended Family |
Family | Extended Model |
Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U | 0 | 0x6 | ? | ? |
| Family 6 Model ? | ||||
Architecture
Key changes from Coffee Lake
- Package and pin-compatible with Cannon Lake U
- Die from Coffee Lake U and Cannon Lake PCH
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Facts about "Whiskey Lake - Microarchitectures - Intel"
| codename | Whiskey Lake + |
| core count | 4 + |
| designer | Intel + |
| first launched | July 2018 + |
| full page name | intel/microarchitectures/whiskey lake + |
| instance of | microarchitecture + |
| instruction set architecture | x86-64 + |
| manufacturer | Intel + |
| microarchitecture type | CPU + |
| name | Whiskey Lake + |
| pipeline stages (max) | 19 + |
| pipeline stages (min) | 14 + |
| process | 14 nm (0.014 μm, 1.4e-5 mm) + |