Architecture & latest Silicon Technology

In the age of Moore's Law, Intel has delivered architecture and silicon technology with amazing transistor counts—as many as two billion and growing. With steady gains in energy efficient performance, and innovative uses of new materials, our innovations continue to enable industry leading firsts.
Intel Micro architecture
As the foundation for Intel's processor-technology, Intel® micro architecture employs next-generation, 45nm multi-core technology. Optimized to deliver state-of-the-art features that raise the bar on energy-efficient performance, Intel micro architecture continues to be the catalyst for innovative new designs
Intel® Micro architecture, Codenamed Nehalem
Intel's latest-generation micro architecture, first exemplified as the Intel® Core™ i7 processor, represents the next step in faster, multi-core technology that intelligently maximized performance to match your workload. Designed from the ground up to take advantage of 45nm Hi-k next generation Intel® Core™ micro architecture, Intel® micro architecture, codenamed Nehalem, unleashes parallel processing performance enabled by an integrated memory controller and Intel® Quick Path Technology providing high-speed interconnects per independent processing core.
The next level of multi-core performance
Intel® micro architecture, codenamed Nehalem, offers the latest in processor innovation, including:
• Dynamic scalability, managed cores, threads, cache, interfaces, and power for energy-efficient performance on-demand.
• Design and performance scalability for servers, workstations, notebooks, and desktops with support for 2-8+ cores and up to 16+ threads with Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology), and scalable cache sizes, system interconnects, and integrated memory controllers.
• Intelligent performance on-demand with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology taking advantage of the processor's power and thermal headroom. This enables increased performance of both multi-threaded and single-threaded workloads.
• Increased performance on highly-threaded applications with Intel HT Technology, bringing high-performance applications into mainstream computing with 1-16+ threads optimized for new generation multi-core processor architecture.
• Scalable shared memory features memory distributed to each processor with integrated memory controllers and Intel Quick Path Technology high-speed point-to-point interconnects to unleash the performance of future versions of next-generation Intel® multi-core processors.
• Multi-level shared cache improves performance and efficiency by reducing latency to frequently used data.