ABSTRACT

Microprocessors have revolutionized the world we live in and continuous

efforts are being made to manufacture not only faster chips but also smarter
ones. A number of techniques such as data level parallelism, instruction level
parallelism and hyper threading (Intels HT) already exists which have
dramatically improved the performance of microprocessor cores.This paper
briefs on evolution of multi-core processors followed by introducing the
technology and its advantages in todays world. The paper concludes by
detailing on the challenges currently faced by multi-core processors and how
the industry is trying to address these issues.

CONTENTS
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Acknowledgment

Abstract

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List of figures

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Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Literature survey

Chapter 3 Performance And Performance Perwatt

Consideration
Chapter 4 Multi-core Processor

4.1 Evolution of Multi-core processor

4.2 Multi-core processors

Chapter 5 Multi-Core: The New Innovative Design

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5.1 Intel Wide Dynamic Execution

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5.2 Intel Intelligent Power Capability

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5.3 Intel Advanced Smart Cache

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5.4 Intel Smart Access Memory

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5.5 Intel Advanced Digital Media Boost

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Chapter 6 Applications, Advantages and disadvantages

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Conclusion

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References

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LIST OF FIGURES
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Fig 4.1:

Power density rising

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Multi-core chips perform based on Intel tests

Dual core processor

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Fig 5.1.

Dual socket system

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