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Gen6 µarch
Arch Type GPU
Designer Intel
Manufacturer Intel
Introduction September 13, 2010
Process
0.032 μm
3.2e-5 mm
32 nm
Succession
Gen5.75 Gen7

Gen6 (Generation 6) is the microarchitecture for Intel's graphics processing unit utilized by Sandy Bridge-based microprocessors. Gen6 is the successor to Gen5.75 used by Westmere. The Gen6 microarchitecture is designed separately by Intel and then integrated onto the same Sandy Bridge SoC die.

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codenameGen6 +
designerIntel +
first launchedSeptember 13, 2010 +
full page nameintel/microarchitectures/gen6 +
instance ofmicroarchitecture +
manufacturerIntel +
microarchitecture typeGPU +
nameGen6 +
process32 nm (0.032 μm, 3.2e-5 mm) +