Whiskey Lake: Difference between revisions

|brand1={{ubl|Celeron|Pentium|Core i3|Core i5|Core i7}}

|numcores=2-42–4

|transistorssize-from =[[14 nanometer|14 nm]] ([[FinFET|Tri-Gate]]) transistors

|l1cache=64 KiB KB per core

|l2cache=256 KiB KB per core

|l3cache=Up to 8 MiB MB, shared

|instructions=[[x86-64]], [[Intel 64]]|extensions=[[MMX (instruction set)|MMX]], [[AES instruction set|AES-NI]], [[CLMUL instruction set|CLMUL]], [[FMA instruction set|FMA3]], [[RDRAND]]|extensions1=[[Streaming SIMD Extensions|SSE]], [[SSE2]], [[SSE3]], [[SSSE3]], [[SSE4]], [[SSE4.1]], [[SSE4.2]]|extensions2=[[Advanced Vector Extensions|AVX]], [[Advanced Vector Extensions 2#Advanced Vector Extensions 2|AVX2]], [[Trusted Execution Technology|TXT]], [[Transactional Synchronization Extensions|TSX]], [[Software Guard Extensions|SGX]]|extensions3=[[Intel VT-x|VT-x]], [[Intel VT-d|VT-d]]

|successor=[[Ice Lake (microarchitecturemicroprocessor)|Ice Lake]] (Architecture)<br/>

[[Comet Lake]] (4th optimization)}}|code=80684|clock=4.8&nbsp;GHz

'''Whiskey Lake''' is [[List of Intel codenames|Intel's codename]] for thea family of third-generation 14&nbsp;nm14nm [[Skylake (microarchitecture)|Skylake]] processlow-refinement,power followingmobile [[Kaby Lake Refresh]] and [[Coffee Lake]]processors. Intel announced low power mobile Whiskey Lake CPUs availability on August 28, 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newsroom.intel.com/news/new-8th-gen-intel-core-processors-optimized-connectivity-great-performance-long-battery-life-laptops/|title=New 8th Gen Intel Core Processors Optimize Connectivity, Great Performance, Battery Life for Laptops {{!}} Intel Newsroom|work=Intel Newsroom|access-date=2018-08-28|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/13275/intel-launches-whiskey-lake-amber-lake|title=Intel Launches Whiskey Lake-U and Amber Lake-Y: New MacBook CPUs?|last=Cutress|first=Ian|access-date=2018-08-28}}</ref> It has not yet been advertised whether this CPU architecture contains hardware mitigations for [[Meltdown (security vulnerability)|Meltdown]]/[[Spectre (security vulnerability)|Spectre]] class vulnerabilities—various sources contain conflicting information.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-launches-Whiskey-Lake-U-and-Amber-Lake-Y-CPUs-with-focus-on-enhanced-mobile-connectivity.325710.0.html|title=Intel launches Whiskey Lake-U and Amber Lake-Y CPUs with focus on enhanced mobile connectivity|work=Notebookcheck|access-date=2018-08-28|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/08/intel-launches-whiskey-and-amber-lakes-kaby-lake-with-better-wi-fi-usb/|title=Intel launches Whiskey and Amber Lakes: Kaby Lake with better Wi-Fi, USB|work=Ars Technica|access-date=2018-08-28|language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-whiskey-lake-amber-lake,37704.html|title=Intel Launches Whiskey Lake And Amber Lake CPUs for Laptops|date=2018-08-28|work=Tom's Hardware|access-date=2018-08-28|language=en}}</ref> Unofficially it was announced that Whiskey Lake has hardware mitigations against Meltdown and L1TF while Spectre V2 requires software mitigations as well as microcode/firmware update.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/Ashraf__Eassa/status/1034848491791691776|title=Ashraf Eassa on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2018-08-29|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/IanCutress/status/1034686289663197184|title=Ian Cutress on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2018-08-29|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">https://www.anandtech.com/show/13301/spectre-and-meltdown-in-hardware-intel-clarifies-whiskey-lake-and-amber-lake</ref><ref name=":2">https://www.tomshardware.com/news/whiskey-lake-mitigations-in-silicon-intel,37723.html</ref>

* Increased turbo clocks (300–600 &nbsp;MHz)

* 14 &nbsp;nm [[Platform Controller Hub|PCH]]

* Native USB 3.1 gen 2 support (10 &nbsp;Gbit/secs)

* Integrated Wi-Fi [[802.11ac]] 160 &nbsp;MHz Wi-Fi/ WiFi 5 and [[Bluetooth#Bluetooth 5|Bluetooth 5.0]]

* [[3D XPoint|Intel Optane]] Memory support

The [[Thermal design power|TDP]] for these CPUs is 15 W, but canis be[[Thermal design power#Configurable TDP|configurable]].

|1.9 &nbsp;GHz

|4.7

|4.2

| rowspan="5" |[[Intel Graphics Technology#Kaby Lake Refresh / Amber Lake / Coffee Lake / Coffee Lake Refresh / Whiskey Lake / Comet Lake|UHD<br />620]]

|4.1

|3.8

|2.1 &nbsp;GHz

|1000 &nbsp;MHz

|2.3 &nbsp;GHz

| rowspan="2" |[[Intel Graphics Technology#Kaby Lake Refresh / Amber Lake / Coffee Lake / Coffee Lake Refresh / Whiskey Lake / Comet Lake|UHD<br />610]]

|950 &nbsp;MHz

| rowspan="2" | -{{NA}}

|1.8 &nbsp;GHz

|900 &nbsp;MHz