A quick primer on Sandy Bridge

Intel's next architecture reveals its secrets
by Scott Wasson — 10:19 PM on September 20, 2010

After a lackluster IDF keynote, Intel exposed many of Sandy Bridge's architectural details during tech sessions last week. We had the good fortune to attend some of them.

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