Core i7-6900K Intel 64 architecture specifics

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Hello, I'm a computer science student and I'm doing some research on the Intel Core i7-6900K processor. The thing is that I must find very specific information on this processor and its architecture. I've looked through the official Datasheets (volume 1 and 2 and the spec update) and the Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual (Volume 1, basic architecture) and so far the information found is scarce in comparison of what I still need to find. On a list, that information would be:

• The instructions per cycle this processor is able to processes, and specifically the number of instructions per fetch, decode, issue and commit of the pipeline.
• The size of the buffers, specifically the size of the instruction window and the Load-store queue size.
• The bandwith and the latency to the main memory
• The arithmetic logical units (ALUs) for the integer operations, and the ALUs for the floating point operations

For the ALUs I found something on the Sofware Developer's Manual: "Three full arithmetic logical units", 2.2.3.2 Execution Core at page 43 where I also found "Four-wide decode unit can decode 4 instructions per cycle or 5 instructions per cycle with Macrofusion", but is this information valid for the processor that I'm looking for? On the Table 2-2. Key Features of Most Recent Intel 64 Processors, the latest processor is from 2011, and I'm looking for information of a 2016 processor. Are there any other recommended documents that I might read to find some of the other information I'm looking for?

Thank you very much for any advice or help.

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Hello christianzanger ,

At the following link you can find the processor specifications:http://ark.intel.com/products/94196/Intel-Core-i7-6900K-Processor-20M-Cache-up-to-3_70-GHz?q=%20i7-6900K http://ark.intel.com/products/94196/Intel-Core-i7-6900K-Processor-20M-Cache-up-to-3_70-GHz?q=%20i7-6900K And at the following links you can check for more detailed information about the processor information:http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/processors/desktop-processors/intel-high-end-desktop-processors.html http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/processors/desktop-processors/intel-high-end-desktop-processors.html http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/processors/000006513.html http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/processors/000006513.html http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/processors/000007093.html http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/processors/000007093.html I hope this can help you. Regards, Ivan

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Hello,

These links helped me on some of the points I already had, so they assured that the data is correct. Thank you!

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Here are some other links that can help you :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_processing_unit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_processing_unit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating-point_unit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating-point_unit Also, there is a post here where you can get more information:https://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/intel-isa-extensions/topic/283562 https://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/intel-isa-extensions/topic/283562

I hope this can help you.

Regards, Ivan

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Thank you, I was able to find some of the information on those links and the other missing info after some research on other sites.

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You're very welcome!

Please let me know if you need anything else. Ivan.