Original 45nm Intel® Core™ Microarchitecture

Mobility Thin and Small Form-Factor Packaging for Intel® Processors Based on Original 45nm Intel Core™ Microarchitecture

Kyan Pedrami, Mobility Processor Design Team, Intel Corporation

Satish Prathaban, Mobility Platform Hardware Development Team, Intel Corporation

Index words: penryn, small form factor

Citations for this paper: Kyan Pedrami, Satish Prathaban "Original 45nm Intel® Core™2 Processor Performance" Intel Technology Journal.http://www.intel.com/technology/itj/2008/
v12i3/4-paper/1-abstract.htm (October 2008).

ABSTRACT

The Intel 45nm processor, originally referred to by the codename Penryn, based on Intel Core™ microarchitecture, is the first processor that uses multicore-on-die design to maximize performance and minimize power consumption. This paper provides an overview of how the Penryn processor's mobility platform and package design teams delivered the Penryn silicon in smaller and thinner packages that enabled customers to design both smaller and thinner form-factor platforms. It also provides insight into the mechanical and electrical challenges of these families of thin, small, form-factor packages, challenges that were overcome without incurring significant performance degradation.