Technology foundation

Intel® Microarchitecture

The term microarchitecture describes the operation of the circuitry of a computer or central processing unit (CPU). Find out how the features of Intel® Core™ microarchitecture benefit your computing experience.

Intel® Wide Dynamic Execution

Enables the processor to do multiple things simultaneously, allowing you to do more in less time.

Silicon Innovation

Intel continuously researches new transistor designs to bring you powerful processor performance with increased energy efficiency.

Intel® Multi-Core Technology

Multi-core processors are single chips that contain two or more distinct processors or execution cores in the same integrated circuit. While independent, their construction makes for interdependent task-sharing.
What does that mean for you? Increasingly, software is being developed that sends multiple instructions which need to be processed simultaneously.
Tens of thousands of times a second—especially while running intensive programs like high-definition video rendering or engineering programs—software is making decisions. Here’s how Intel® processors do it better.

Intel® Advanced Digital Media Boost

Accelerates a range of applications including video, speech and image, photo processing, encryption, financial, engineering, and scientific applications.

Intel® Advanced Smart Cache

Intel Advanced Smart Cache reduces latency and improves performance.

Intel® Intelligent Power Capability

Each processor self-manages power consumption so computing power is there when you need it.

Intel® Smart Memory Access

By using the science of speculative execution, Intel Smart Memory Access anticipates computations that may need to be done, but aren’t needed right now. This vastly improves system performance by optimising the use of the available data bandwidth.