Tick–tock was a production model adopted in 2007 by chip manufacturer Intel. Under this model, every microarchitecture change (tock) was followed by a die shrink of the process technology (tick). It was replaced by the process–architecture–optimization model, which was announced in 2016 and is like a tick–tock cycle followed by an optimization phase. As a general engineering model, tick–tock is a model that refreshes one side of a binary system each release cycle.
Contents
1History
2Roadmap
2.1Pentium 4 / Core roadmap
2.2Atom roadmap
2.3Both
3See also
4References
5External links
History
Every "tick" represented a shrinking of the process technology of the previous microarchitecture (sometimes introducing new instructions, as with Broadwell, released in late 2014) and every "tock" designated a new microarchitecture.[1] These occurred roughly every year to 18 months.[2] In 2014, Intel created a "tock refresh" of a tock in the form of a smaller update to the microarchitecture[3] not considered a new generation in and of itself.
In March 2016, Intel announced in a Form 10-K report that it deprecated the tick–tock cycle in favor of a three-step process–architecture–optimization model, under which three generations of processors are produced under a single manufacturing process, with the third generation out of three focusing on optimization.[4] The first optimization of the Skylake architecture was Kaby Lake. Intel then announced a second optimization, Coffee Lake,[5] making a total of four generations at 14 nm.[6]
Roadmap
Pentium 4 / Core roadmap
Pentium 4 / Core roadmap
Change (step)
Fabrication process
Micro- architecture
Code names for step
Intel Generation Desktop
Intel Generation Xeon
Intel Microcode shortcut(s) Desktop/WS[7][8]
Intel Microcode shortcut(s) Xeon/Server
Release date
Processors
8P/4P Server
4P/2P Server/WS
Embedded Xeon
1P Xeon
Enthusiast/WS
Desktop
Mobile
Tick (new fabrica- tion process)
65 nm
P6, NetBurst
Yonah (P6), Presler (NetBurst), Cedar Mill (NetBurst)
With Silvermont Intel tried to start Tick-Tock in Atom architecture but problems with the 10 nm process did not allow to do this. In the table below instead of Tick-Tock steps Process-Architecture-Optimization are used. There is no official confirmation that Intel uses Process-Architecture-Optimization for Atom but it allows us to understand what changes happened in each generation.
Note: There is further the Xeon Phi. It has up to now undergone four development steps with a current top model that got the code name Knights Landing (shortcut: KNL;[13] the predecessor code names all had the leading term Knights in their name) that is derived from the Silvermont architecture as used for the Intel Atom series but realized in a shrunk 14 nm (FinFET) technology.[60] In 2018, Intel announced that Knights Landing and all further Xeon Phi CPU models were discontinued.[61] However, Intel's Sierra Forest and subsequent Atom-based Xeon CPUs are likely a spiritual successor to Xeon Phi.
↑"Intel tick–tock model". Intel Corporation. http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/silicon-innovations/intel-tick-tock-model-general.html. "A yearly product cadence moves the industry forward in a predictable fashion that can be planned in advance."
↑"Intel Haswell Refresh Processors Codenamed Devil's Canyon - Launching in Mid 2014 With Unlocked Design and Improved TIM". Wccftech.com. 2014-03-20. http://wccftech.com/intel-haswell-refresh-processors-codenamed-devils-canyon-launching-mid-2014-unlocked-design-improved-tim/.
↑"Intel Official News on Twitter". Twitter. https://twitter.com/intelnews/status/829773829471744000.
↑"Intel's 8th-gen 'Coffee Lake' chips reuse 14nm process as other Core CPUs ease into new tech". PC World. http://www.pcworld.com/article/3168827/components-processors/intels-8th-gen-coffee-lake-chips-reuse-14nm-process-as-other-core-cpus-ease-into-new-tech.html.
↑ 7.07.1Intel Releases Linux CPU Microcodes To fix Meltdown & Spectre Bugs by Lawrence Abrams on January 11, 2018
↑ 8.08.1Linux* Processor Microcode Data File Version 20180312 on 3/12/2018
↑Crothers, Brooke (2009-02-10). "Intel moves up rollout of new chips | Nanotech - The Circuits Blog". http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10160673-64.html.
↑"Intel CEO: Latest Platforms, Processors Form New Foundations For Digital Entertainment And Wireless Computing". Intel Corporation. http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20060105corp.htm.
↑"Intel Unveils World's Best Processor". Intel.com (Press release). Intel Corporation.
↑"Intel Unveils 16 Next-Generation Processors, Including First Notebook Chips Built on 45nm Technology". Intel.com (Press release). Intel Corporation. January 7, 2008.
↑ 13.013.113.213.3"X86 / Amd64 library". 25 October 2021. https://github.com/gz/rust-x86/blob/master/x86data/perfmon_data/mapfile.csv.
↑"Intel Launches Fastest Processor on the Planet". Intel.com (Press release). Intel Corporation. November 17, 2008.
↑"Revolutionizing How We Use Technology—Today and Beyond". Logic Technology Development, Intel Corporation. http://www.intel.com/technology/architecture-silicon/32nm/index.htm.
↑Pop, Sebastian (April 9, 2012). "Intel Ivy Bridge CPU Range Complete by Next Year". http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Ivy-Bridge-CPU-Range-Complete-by-Next-Year-263451.shtml.
↑ 20.020.1Novakovic, Nebojsa (April 9, 2012). "Ivy Bridge EP and EX coming up in a year's time – the multi-socket platform heaven". VR Zone AP Pte. Ltd.. http://vr-zone.com/articles/ivy-bridge-ep-and-ex-coming-up-in-a-year-s-time--the-multi-socket-platform-heaven/15488.html.
↑Knight, Shawn (March 19, 2012). "Ivy Bridge-E Delayed Until Second Half of 2013". http://www.techspot.com/news/47849-ivy-bridge-e-delayed-until-second-half-of-2013.html.
↑ 22.022.1Products formerly Crystal Well at Intel web page
↑ 23.023.1What is Crystalwell? by Matt Egan on OCT 31, 2013 at macworld.com
↑ 24.024.1"Leaked specifications of Haswell GT1/GT2/GT3 IGP". 2012-05-20. http://technewspedia.com/leaked-specifications-of-haswell-gt1gt2gt3-igp.
↑"Intel Core i7-4790K: Devils Canyon mit bis zu 4,4 GHz, ohne verlöteten Deckel" (in de). June 3, 2014. http://www.golem.de/news/intel-core-i7-4790k-devils-canyon-mit-bis-zu-4-4-ghz-aber-ohne-verloeteten-deckel-1406-106846.html.
↑ 26.026.126.2Demerjian, Charlie (March 31, 2011). "After Intel's Haswell comes Broadwell". Stone Arch Networking Services, Inc.. http://semiaccurate.com/2011/03/31/after-intels-haswell-comes-broadwell-sk/.
↑ 27.027.1Shilov, Anton (August 21, 2015). "Intel to release 22-core Xeon E5 v4 'Broadwell-EP' late in 2015". http://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/intel-to-release-22-core-xeon-e5-v4-broadwell-ep-late-in-2015-company/.
↑Carey, Gabe (July 7, 2015). "The wait for Skylake is almost over, first desktop chips likely to hit August 5". http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/unlocked-intel-skylake-s-processors-reportedly-coming-august-5th/.
↑"Intel 14nm Kaby Lake "Skylake Refresh" Platform Detailed – Launching in 2H 2016, 256 MB eDRAM H-Series and 91W K-Series Unveiled". July 2015. http://wccftech.com/intel-14nm-kaby-lake-haswell-refresh-platform-detailed-launching-2h-2016-256-mb-edram-hseries-91w-kseries-unveiled/. "The Kaby Lake platform will be similar to Skylake platform that launches this year and will act as a platform refresher"
↑"Intel Releasing 14nm Kaby Lake Processor in 2016 Ahead of 10nm Cannonlake". 2015-07-08. http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-releasing-14nm-kaby-lake-processor-in-2016-ahead-of-10nm-cannonlake_168841/. "We have long known that Intel was planning a 'Skylake Refresh' that has always been on the roadmap between Skylake and Cannonlake, but it appears that refresh might be going by the code name Kaby lake now."
↑ 31.031.131.2Mujtaba, Hassan (January 20, 2016). "Intel's Cannonlake CPUs To Be Succeeded By 10nm Ice Lake Family in 2018 and 10nm Tiger Lake Family in 2019". WCCFTech.com. http://wccftech.com/intel-10nm-cannonlake-ice-lake-tiger-lake-cpu/.
↑Bright, Peter (July 15, 2015). "Intel confirms tick–tock shattering Kaby Lake processor as Moore's Law falters". https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/07/intel-confirms-tick-tock-shattering-kaby-lake-processor-as-moores-law-falters/. "the switch to 10nm manufacturing has been delayed until the second half of 2017."
↑Walton, Jarred (January 4, 2017). "Intel's Kaby Lake: Everything you need to know". http://www.pcgamer.com/intels-kaby-lake-everything-you-need-to-know/. "Today marks the official launch date of the desktop S-series 7th Generation Core processors..."
↑"Intel Unveils the 8th Gen Intel Core Processor Family for Desktop, Featuring Intel's Best Gaming Processor Ever | Intel Newsroom". Intel Newsroom. https://newsroom.intel.com/news-releases/intel-unveils-8th-gen-intel-core-processor-family-desktop/.
↑ 39.039.1"New 8th Gen Intel Core Processors Optimize Connectivity, Great Performance, Battery Life for Laptops | Intel Newsroom". Intel Newsroom. https://newsroom.intel.com/news/new-8th-gen-intel-core-processors-optimized-connectivity-great-performance-long-battery-life-laptops/.
↑ 40.040.1"Intel Expands 10th Gen Intel Core Mobile Processor Family, Offering Double Digit Performance Gains" (in en-US). https://newsroom.intel.com/news/intel-expands-10th-gen-intel-core-mobile-processor-family-offering-double-digit-performance-gains/.
↑ 41.041.1"Intel Previews 11th Gen Core Rocket Lake: Core i9-11900K and Z590, Coming Q1". 2021-01-11. https://www.anandtech.com/show/16390/intel-previews-11th-gen-core-rocket-lake-core-i911900k-and-z590-coming-q1.
↑"11th Gen Intel Core: Unmatched Overclocking, Game Performance" (in en-US). https://simplecore.intel.com/newsroom/news/11th-gen-intel-core-unmatched-performance/.
↑Eassa, Ashraf (January 18, 2016). "What's the Name of Intel's Third 10-Nanometer Chip? This Fool has learned the code name of the follow-on to Intel's Icelake processor.". http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/01/18/what-is-the-name-of-intels-third-10-nanometer-chip.aspx.
↑"Intel Launches First 10th Gen Intel Core Processors: Redefining the Next Era of Laptop Experiences". https://newsroom.intel.com/news/intel-launches-first-10th-gen-intel-core-processors-redefining-next-era-laptop-experiences/.
↑"Intel Confirms 10nm Ice Lake Xeon Production Has Started". https://www.anandtech.com/show/16380/intel-confirms-10nm-ice-lake-xeon-production-has-started.
↑"Intel Launches World's Best Processor for Thin-and-Light Laptops: 11th Gen Intel Core". https://newsroom.intel.com/news-releases/11th-gen-tiger-lake-evo/.
↑"Intel Confirms 10nm Ice Lake Xeon Production Has Started". https://www.anandtech.com/show/16380/intel-confirms-10nm-ice-lake-xeon-production-has-started.
↑Tyson, Mark (2012-05-15). "Intel currently developing 14nm, aiming towards 5nm chips". http://hexus.net/tech/news/cpu/39381-intel-currently-developing-14nm-aiming-towards-5nm-chips/.
↑James, Dave (2021-03-23). "Meteor Lake, Intel's first 7nm CPU, to tape in before July this year and release in 2023" (in en-US). https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-meteor-lake-tape-/.
↑"Intel reveals the design of Alder Lake, Sapphire Rapids, Meteor Lake and Granite Rapids CPUs" (in en-US). https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-reveals-the-design-of-alder-lake-sapphire-rapids-meteor-lake-and-granite-rapids-cpus.
↑"Intel Client & Server CPU Roadmap Updates: Meteor Lake In 2023, 20A & 18A Powered Xeons & Core Chips Beyond 2024". 17 February 2022. https://wccftech.com/intel-client-server-cpu-roadmap-updates-meteor-lake-in-2023-20a-18a-powered-xeons-core-chips-beyond-2024/.
↑Smith, Ryan; Cutress, Ian (29 April 2016). "Intel's Changing Future: Smartphone SoCs Broxton & SoFIA Officially Canceled". http://www.anandtech.com/show/10288/intel-broxton-sofia-smartphone-socs-cancelled.
↑James, Dave (2021-03-23). "Meteor Lake, Intel's first 7nm CPU, to tape in before July this year and release in 2023" (in en-US). https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-meteor-lake-tape-/.
↑Intel veröffentlicht Xeon Phi mit bis zu 7 Teraflops
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Intel Tick–Tock Model at IDF 2009, Anandtech.com
"Intel Tick–Tock Model at IDF 2011" (PDF). Intel Corporation. p. 21. http://download.intel.com/newsroom/kits/idf/2011_fall/pdfs/Kirk_Skaugen_DCSG_MegaBriefing.pdf#page=21.
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