Wolfdale (microprocessor)

Wolfdale

Core 2 Duo Wolfdale E7200
Produced From 2007 to present
Max. CPU clock 2500 Mhz to 3333 Mhz
FSB speeds 800 MT/s to 1333 MT/s
Instruction set x86
Microarchitecture Core
CPUID code 1067x
Product code Wolfdale: 80570 Wolfdale-3M: 80571 Wolfdale-L: 80588
Cores 2
L2 cache Wolfdale: 6 MB
Wolfdale-3M: 3 MB
Application Desktop
Socket(s) LGA 775
Brand name(s) Celeron E3xxx

Pentium Dual-Core E5xxx
Pentium E6xxx
Core 2 Duo E7xx
Core 2 Duo E8xxx
Xeon 31xx
Xeon L3014

Wolfdale is the code name for a processor from Intel that is sold in varying configurations as Core 2 Duo, Celeron, Pentium and Xeon. In Intel's Tick-Tock cycle, the 2007/2008 "Tick" was the shrink of the Core microarchitecture to 45 nanometers as CPUID model 23. This replaced the Conroe processor with Wolfdale.

The Wolfdale chips come in two sizes, with 6 MB and 3 MB L2 cache, the smaller version is commonly called Wolfdale-3M.

The mobile version of Wolfdale is Penryn and the dual-socket server version is Wolfdale DP. The Yorkfield desktop processor is a quad-core Multi-chip module of Wolfdale.

Wolfdale will be replaced by Nehalem based Clarkdale.

Contents

* 1 Variants
o 1.1 Wolfdale
o 1.2 Wolfdale-3M
o 1.3 Wolfdale-DP
o 1.4 Wolfdale-CL
* 2 See also
* 3 References

[edit] Variants
[edit] Wolfdale

Wolfdale is the codename for the E8000 series of Core 2 Duo desktop processors and the Xeon 3100 server processor family. Released on January 20, 2008, the chips are manufactured using a 45-nanometer process and feature two processor cores. The Wolfdale models operate at 2.53 GHz, 2.66 GHz, 2.83 GHz, 3.0 GHz, 3.16 GHz, and 3.33 GHz; the E8xxx series utilizes 6 MB of L2 cache and a 1333 MT/s FSB. These processors include the SSE4.1 media extensions. Wolfdale uses a product code 80570. The E8000 Series of Core 2 Duo processors is one of the easiest and most popular Core 2 Duos to overclock, due to their low voltage requirements; and are known to hit 4GHz on air cooling with only 1.2V of vCore.
Wolfdale-3M

Wolfdale-3M is the logical successor of Allendale and uses the 82 mm² dies with 3 MB L2 cache similar to Penryn-3M, its product code is 80571. It is used in the Core 2 E7xxx series as well as the E5xxx/E6xxx Pentium Dual-Core and E3xxx Celeron processors. The E5xxx enables only 2 MB of L2 cache, replacing the E2xxx series of Pentium Dual core chips, the E7xxx series uses the full 3 MB of L2 Cache, and a 1066MT/s FSB, replacing the Core 2 Duo E4xxx series and the Celeron E3xxx series with 1 MB L2 cache enabled is the follow-on to the Celeron E1xxx series.
[edit] Wolfdale-DP
For the dual-processor server Wolfdale DP processor, see Xeon#5200-series "Wolfdale DP".
Wolfdale-CL

The Xeon L3014 and E3113 processors are Wolfdale-CL with product code 80588, in an LGA 771 package. L L3014 has only one core, 3 MB L2 cache and it does not support Intel VT, while E3113 is identical to E3110 except for the other socket. These processors do not work in regular LGA 775 based mainboards but are typically used in single-socket LGA 771 blade servers that otherwise require the more expensive DP server processors. Wolfdale-CL follows an earlier Conroe-CL processor, and Yorkfield-CL is the respective Quad-Core version of Wolfdale-CL.