Intel Tick Tock
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"Tick-Tock"[1] is a model adopted by chip manufacturer Intel Corporation since 2007 to follow every microarchitectural change with shrinking of the process technology. Every "Tick" is a shrinking of process technology of the previous microarchitecture and every "Tock" is a new microarchitecture. [2]
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| Architectural change | Fabrication process | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tick | Shrink/derivative of previous microarchitecture (P6) | 65 nm | 2005 |
| Tock | Intel Core microarchitecture | 2006 | |
| Tick | Shrink/derivative (Penryn) | 45 nm | 2007 |
| Tock | New Intel microarchitecture (Nehalem) | 2008 | |
| Tick | Shrink/derivative (Westmere) | 32 nm | 2009 |
| Tock | Future Intel microarchitecture (Sandy Bridge) | 2010 | |
| Tick | Sandy Bridge Shrink/derivative | 22 nm | 2011 |
