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Intel Core i3

Intel Core i3 is the entry tier of Intel's Core processor family, introduced in 2010 and positioned below the Core i5, i7, and i9 tiers by relative processing power.

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Intel Core i5

Intel Core i5 is a family of mid-range x86 processors for desktop and laptop computers, positioned between the Core i3 and Core i7 lines, first launched on September 8, 2009.

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Intel Core i7

Intel Core i7 is a performance tier of Intel desktop and mobile processors introduced in 2008, the first family on the Nehalem architecture, spanning 14 generations before retirement in 2023.

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Intel Management Engine

The Intel Management Engine (Intel ME) is an embedded subsystem in Intel chipsets that runs its own operating system independently of the main CPU and host OS.

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Intel Pentium Pro

The Intel Pentium Pro, code-named P6, is a sixth-generation x86 microprocessor Intel released on November 1, 1995; it introduced the P6 microarchitecture and was sold for servers and workstations.

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Intel Quick Sync Video

Intel Quick Sync Video, also known as Quick Sync, is Intel's hardware acceleration for video encoding, decoding, and processing on Intel graphics, first introduced with Sandy Bridge processors in 2011.

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Intel QuickPath Interconnect

Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) is a high-speed, packetized, point-to-point interconnect Intel introduced in 2008, replacing the front-side bus in multi-socket Xeon and Itanium processors at up to 25.6 GB/s per link pair.

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Intel Sapphire Rapids

Intel Sapphire Rapids is the codename of Intel's 4th Gen Xeon Scalable server processors, launched January 10, 2023: Intel's first chiplet-based data center CPU, with built-in AI accelerators and DDR5 support.

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Intel Turbo Boost

Intel Turbo Boost, also known as TurboBoost, is an Intel technology that lets Core i7 and Xeon processor cores run faster than their base frequency within power limits.

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Intel vPro

Intel vPro, sometimes written V-Pro, is an Intel platform specification for business PCs that bundles processors, chipsets, and firmware for hardware security, remote manageability, and platform stability.

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Intel Xe

Intel Xe is a GPU architecture family from Intel designed for integrated graphics, discrete Arc gaming cards, and data center GPUs, first shipping in 2020 in Tiger Lake.

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Intel Xeon 6

Intel Xeon 6 is Intel's sixth-generation Xeon Scalable server processor family, launched in 2024, pairing Granite Rapids P-core parts with Sierra Forest E-core parts on the Intel 3 process.

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Intel Xeon E

Intel Xeon E is Intel's entry-level Xeon processor line for single-socket servers and workstations, launched in 2015 as Xeon E3 and renamed Xeon E in 2018.

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International Conference on Computer Design

The International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD) is an annual IEEE-sponsored conference on the research, design, and implementation of computer systems, spanning architecture, test, and circuit design.

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International Symposium on Computer Architecture

The International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA) is an annual conference for new ideas and experimental results in computer architecture, jointly sponsored by the IEEE and the ACM since 1973.

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International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture

The International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA) is an annual IEEE research conference on computer architecture, held since 1995 and ranked alongside ISCA, MICRO, and ASPLOS.

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International Symposium on Microarchitecture

The International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO) is an annual IEEE/ACM conference on processor design and computer architecture, one of the field's top venues with an acceptance rate near 20%.

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Interrupt

An interrupt, also called a computer or CPU interrupt, is a signal that makes a processor suspend its current program, run a handler routine, and then resume.

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Interrupt request

An interrupt request (IRQ) is a signal sent to a computer's processor, usually by a hardware device, to momentarily interrupt its operations so the device can be serviced.

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Inverter (logic gate)

An inverter, or NOT gate, is the simplest logic gate, with a single input and output that are always opposite: a 0 input gives a 1 output.

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Itanium

Itanium is a family of 64-bit server microprocessors developed jointly by Intel and Hewlett-Packard around the EPIC architecture, launched in 2001 and last shipped in 2021.

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Ivy Bridge (microarchitecture)

Ivy Bridge, also known as Intel Ivy Bridge, is Intel's third-generation Core microarchitecture, a 22 nm refinement of Sandy Bridge launched in 2012 and the first high-volume chip to use 3-D Tri-Gate transistors.

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Jaguar (microarchitecture)

Jaguar, also known as AMD Family 16h, is a low-power x86-64 CPU microarchitecture developed by AMD as Bobcat's successor, used in the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

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Jim Keller (engineer)

Jim Keller is an American microprocessor engineer known for AMD's K8 and Zen groundwork, Apple's A4 and A5, Tesla's Autopilot chip, and Tenstorrent, where he is CEO.

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Kaby Lake

Kaby Lake is the code name for Intel's seventh-generation Core processors, reusing the Skylake architecture at higher clock speeds with new 4K media hardware, launched in January 2017.

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Kepler (microarchitecture)

Kepler is an Nvidia GPU microarchitecture, the third-generation CUDA compute architecture succeeding Fermi, built on TSMC's 28-nanometer process and launched in 2012 with the GeForce GTX 680.

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Kryo

Kryo, also known as Qualcomm Kryo, is the CPU brand inside Qualcomm's Snapdragon chips, introduced in 2015 with the Snapdragon 820, later built on Arm Cortex cores.

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Kunpeng 920

Kunpeng 920 (鲲鹏920) is a 64-bit Arm-based server processor developed by Huawei's HiSilicon division and launched in January 2019 with TaiShan servers, using Huawei's custom TaiShan cores.

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LGA 1366

LGA 1366, also known as Socket B, is an Intel processor socket introduced in November 2008 for Core i7-900 desktop and Xeon 5500 server processors.

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LGA 1700

LGA 1700 is an Intel desktop CPU socket with 1,700 contacts, launched in late 2021 with Alder Lake and serving 12th through 14th generation Core processors.