|OT| Intel Skylake

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Skylake is the codename for a processor microarchitecture to be developed by Intel as the successor to the Broadwell architecture. Skylake will use the 14 nmmanufacturing process.
The first Skylake processors will be desktop Core i5 and Core i7 parts, codenamed Skylake-S. All processors at time of release will be locked.
Skylake will be used in conjunction with Intel 100 Series chipsets(Sunrise Point).


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14 nm manufacturing process
LGA 1151 socket
Z170(Sunrise Point) Chipset
TDP up to 95w(LGA 1151)
support for both DDR3 SDRAM and DDR4 SDRAM in mainstream variants,with up to 64 GB of RAM on LGA 1151 variants.
support for 20 PCI Express 3.0 lanes (LGA 1151)
support for PCI Express 4.0 (Skylake-E/EP/EX)
support for Thunderbolt 3.0 (Alpine Ridge)
128 KB L1 cache (64 KB 16-way set associative instruction cache + 64 KB 16-way set associative data cache) (2 cycles)
512 KB L2 cache, 16-way set associative (6 cycles)
12 MB L3 cache, 24-way set associative (12 cycles)
128 MB L4 eDRAM cache
Up to 4 cores as the default mainstream configuration
support for SATA Express
AVX-512F: Advanced Vector Extensions 3.2
Increase integer register from 16 in x64 standard to 32 in EM64T enhance mode(r16~r31 for enhance mode only and can be use for memory segment in normal x64 ISA)
Intel SHA Extensions: SHA-1 and SHA-256 (Secure Hash Algorithms)
Intel MPX (Memory Protection Extensions)
Intel ADX (Multi-Precision Add-Carry Instruction Extensions)



Intel TICK-TOCK Model:

"Tick-Tock" is a model adopted by chip manufacturer Intel Corporation since 2007 to follow every microarchitectural change with a die shrink of the process technology. Every "tick" is a shrinking of process technology of the previous microarchitecture (and sometimes introducing new instructions as with Broadwell) and every "tock" is a new microarchitecture. Every year to 18 months, there is expected to be one tick or tock.




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Skylake (microarchitecture) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Intel shows off new 'Skylake' platform with wireless charging, docking

Semiconductor giant Intel on Wednesday put its next-generation "Skylake" platform on display, demonstrating an integrated system of magnetic resonance charging, wireless video, and cable-free peripheral connections that could make its way into future Macs from Apple.


Skylake, the next "tock" in Intel's tick-tock architectural strategy, is designed as a feature expansion of the 14-nanometer architecture the company is moving toward with the oft-delayed Broadwell. Skylake is set to adopt the WiGig standard — a technology that enables gigabit-speed communications without using wires — which will form the basis of the wireless docking capability, according to CNET.
At the annual Computex show in Taiwan, Intel demonstrated a proximity-based system that automatically creates a WiGig wireless connection with peripherals, such as keyboards, mice, and monitors, when they are within range of a device. The device returns to standalone mode once it leaves the area.
The wireless charging features, meanwhile, were powered by the Rezence standard. Intel is a member of the Alliance for Wireless Power, the organization backing Rezence.
Rezence transmits power via magnetic resonance. This provides a number of advantages over traditional inductive charging, not the least of which is that Rezence systems can project power over a much larger distance. Intel demonstrated this capability by charging a laptop through an unmodified table, about two inches away from the charging pad.
Apple has shown interest in magnetic resonance charging in the past, notably filing a number of patents surrounding the technology. Apple's implementation would deliver power up to one meter away, which the company calls "a realistic and practical approach" to wireless charging.
It is not yet known whether Intel plans to bundle Rezence support into future Skylake chips or leave it as a separate technology. The company generally allows manufactures to mix-and-match platform components like processors and communications chips, and it is possible that they may add wireless charging to the parts bin in the future.

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With Skylake, Intel wants to abolish all PC cables by 2015. What a terrible idea.



At Computex 2014, Intel has indicated that its next-gen Skylake platform — the new microarchitecture tock after Broadwell — will enable new PC designs that are completely cable-free. Intel will use WiGig for wireless “docking” to peripherals and streaming media, and Rezence for wirelesss power transfer. Eventually, we might move towards a future where your PC’s only cables are inside the case. Obviously this is slightly different from the previous dream of using a single, awesome ultra-high-speed Light Peak cable to connect everything together…
Since prehistoric times, the humble PC has been inexorably tangled up in a tangle of wires. Because computers are electronic beasts that are powered by electricity, receive input as electrical signals, process data in the form of electrical signals, and output data in the form of electrical signals, conductive metal wiring has generally been the go-to material for connecting everything together. Copper wires are cheap, flexible, have a huge bandwidth capacity, and can run incredibly long distances. Cables have served us very, very well.
But, as you all know, this over-reliance on cables can result in some pretty nasty nests of wiring that get inextricably and inexplicably knotted. Case in point, here are a few of my favorite cable fails:






In recent years, though, as wireless technologies have improved, it has become increasingly possible to do away with cables. The most obvious examples are cell phones (which replaces the grandest cabling system in the world, the POTS) and WiFi, which, in the home at least, has almost made wired ethernet a thing of the past. There are wireless mice and keyboards and headsets too, of course, and thanks to Bluetooth 4.0 LE more devices are being freed from their wired bondage every day.
But two areas have remained resolutely off-limits for wireless tech: Power delivery and outputting to a display. Until now. Kinda.
The thing is, we can wirelessly transmit power fairly efficiently with magnetic resonance, but the range is still very short (a few inches) and your device needs to be placed fairly exactly (you can’t move around with the device; it has to sit on some kind of charging plate). We can beam data to a TV or monitor using WiGig — but with a max speed of around 7Gbps (in perfect conditions), there’s a pretty hard cap on the resolution and frame rate; you won’t be playing a video game at 4K via WiGig any time soon, put it that way. WiGig uses the 60GHz band, which requires line of sight and only works over short range (a few meters).
But, seemingly, none of this is going to stop Intel. At Computex 2014, the company showed off a range of prototype devices that use WiGig and Rezence (magnetic resonance charging) to achieve cable-free nirvana. There was a wooden table with Rezence tech built-in, which could wirelessly charge an Intel tablet sitting on top. There were some WiGig displays. By the time Skylake rolls around, probably in 2015 or 2016, it seems that Rezence and WiGig will be built into the platform — or at least an easy addition to the platform — allowing OEMs to push out lots laptops that can be joyously marketed as “cable-free.”







Personally, I would much rather Intel invested its time and effort into One Cable To Rule Them All — a high-bandwidth, multi-purpose cable. Something like Light Peak, or its bastardized offspring Thunderbolt. I think wireless displays and charging have their place — but more in the sense that it’s useful to send photos and videos from my phone to a TV, and I’d love it if power could be beamed to the smartphone in my pocket, rather than to a laptop on a desk.
Having said that, though, I’m sure there are a lot of people who are pissed off by having to plug a power cable into their laptop (and, of course, the added risk of tripping over it). If Skylake makes it cheap and easy to deploy cable-free laptops, then so be it – but just be aware that it’s more of a mom-and-pop thing than a power-user thing. Also, with decent battery life, isn’t a laptop already kind of cable-free anyway? In the photo at the top of the story, is Intel’s cable-free laptop actually just a laptop sitting on a table?

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With Skylake, Intel wants to abolish all PC cables by 2015. What a terrible idea. | ExtremeTech
 
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