The Evolution of Intel's Core i Processors

[adamsmasher]

With the recent arrival of Intel's 4th generation Core i "Haswell" CPUs, we thought we'd take a look back at the evolution of the consumer based Core i series. It's been quite a journey over the last few years!

Series	Released	Representative CPUs	First Supported
Clarkdale & Lynnfield	September 2009 (Lynnfield) January 2010 (Clarkdale)	i3-530 i5-750 i7-860	10.6.2
Sandy Bridge	January 2011	i3-2105 i5-2500K i7-2600K	10.6.8 10.7.0
Ivy Bridge	April 2012	i3-3225 i5-3570K i7-3770K	10.7.5 10.8.0
Haswell	June 2013	i3 (unreleased) i5-4670K i7-4770K	10.8.5 (edit)

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[teenspirit7]

Just a heads up, the last link for the Clarkdale is broken

 

[tonymacx86]

Fixed- thanks!

 

[jboehm]

Your missing Bloomfield. Bloomfield, Clarkdale & Lynnfield are all in the first Core i microarchitecture, codename Nehalem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehalem_(microarchitecture)

Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge are both in the second Core i microarchitecture with the Sandy Bridge codename
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Bridge

The Haswell line of parts, is the first in the third Core i microarchitecture that is also named Haswell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haswell_(microarchitecture)

 

[tonymacx86]

Yea it was based on the 1156, 1155, and 1150 desktop sockets, ie the 1st-4th generation "consumer" series. The 1366 and 2011 sockets weren't included.

 

[teenspirit7]

It would be great to see how long it took apple to adopt each architecture. Love the images by the way

 

[tonymacx86]

Article: The Evolution of Intel's Core i Processors

It would be great to see how long it took apple to adopt each architecture. Love the images by the way

10.6.2 > November 9, 2009
10.6.8 > June 23, 2011 - http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2011/06/mac-os-x-1068-update.html
10.7.5 > September 19, 2012 - http://www.tonymacx86.com/152-mac-os-x-10-7-5-update.html
10.8.5 > ??

 

[dddirtman]

lol love the pimply ivy bridge....

 

[teenspirit7]

Article: The Evolution of Intel's Core i Processors

10.6.2 > November 9, 2009
10.6.8 > June 23, 2011 - http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2011/06/mac-os-x-1068-update.html
10.7.5 > September 19, 2012 - http://www.tonymacx86.com/152-mac-os-x-10-7-5-update.html
10.8.5 > ??

Thanks! This means there is an average of 127.6 days from release that apple will release a compatible OSX

By my calculation then, we will see Haswell support on:

Wednesday, 27th November​

 

[AppleiPwnd]

How's the compatibility going with the Haswell series?