Intel reveals some More Nehalem information at recent presentation

Yep, you guessed it. Another Nehalem article to satisfy your undying needs.

*the new info is in the second half of the overview*

Intel reveals some more Nehalem information at recent Core i7 presentation

Source: http://www.overclock3d.net/news.php?/cpu_mainboard/intel_core_i7_presentation/1
Something new that Intel is bringing to us with this modular design, shown on the slide to the right, is the "uncore". In short, everything other than the cores and their own cache is in the "uncore", such as the integrated memory controller, QPI links and the shared L3 cache. All of the components in the "uncore" are completely modular and so can be scaled according to the section of the market each chip is being aimed at. Intel can add or remove cores, QPI links, integrated graphics (which Intel say will come in late 2009) and they could even add another integrated memory controller if they so wish.

the L2 cache is a totally new design compared to what we see in the Core 2 CPU's of today...Each core within a Nehalem CPU with have its L1 & L2 cache integrated within the core itself.






The L3 cache that is coming with Nehalem is totally new to Intel, and is also very similar in design to AMD's Phenom CPU's. It is an inclusive cache, which means that ALL of the data residing in the L1 or L2 caches within each core will also reside within the L3 cache.

> achieves better performance
> achieves lower power consumption