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Tick-Tock
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Intel's CPU release strategy. Approximately each year, either a "Tick" (new microarchitecture, for instance Nehalem) or a "Tock" (die shrink and incremental improvement of current microarchitecture, for instance Ivy Bridge) will be released.
| Tick | Tock |
|---|---|
| Core, 65nm (Q1 2006) | Penryn/Wolfdale/Dunnington, 45nm (Q4 2007) |
| Nehalem, 45nm (Q4 2008) | Westmere, 32nm (Q1 2010) |
| Sandy Bridge, 32nm (Q1 2011) | Ivy Bridge, 22nm (sched. Q1 2012) |
| Haswell, 22nm (sched. Q1 2013) | Broadwell, 14nm (sched. Q1 2014) |