Central processing unit
Central computer component which executes instructions
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General-purpose CPUs
Apple launches the M4, their first SoC adopting the ARMv9 CPU architecture.
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| 2021 |
General-purpose CPUs
ARM releases ARMv9, the first major upgrade in a decade since ARMv8 in 2011.
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| 2020 |
General-purpose CPUs
Apple launches their own M1 ARMv8-based system-on-a-chip (SoC), marking a significant shift away from Intel CPUs.
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| 2020 |
CPU cache
Some Intel Atom CPUs with up to 24 cores were developed with cache sizes of 4.5 MiB and 15 MiB.
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| 2019 |
CPU cache
IBM z15 mainframe CPU introduced with eDRAM implementation for all cache levels, replacing traditional SRAM.
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| 2018 |
CPU cache
Intel Ice Lake-based processors introduced 48 KiB L1 data and instruction caches.
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| 2017 |
General-purpose CPUs
Over 100 billion ARM-based CPUs are shipped.
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| 2015 |
CPU cache
Even low-cost system-on-chip (SoC) processors began implementing split L1 caches.
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| 2012 |
CPU cache
IBM zEC12 processor launched with an unusually large 96 KiB L1 data cache for its time.
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| 2011 |
General-purpose CPUs
ARM releases ARMv8-A, supporting the 64-bit AAarch64 architecture.
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