Intel's Ivy Bridge specs leaked
Hacks working for CPU-World have been given a briefing by the suits at Chipzilla about the performance of its latest Ivy Bridge CPU.
Apparently it is all down to something that Intel has worked out called the Tick Tock regime, which appears to have been developed by the white rabbit in Alice in Wonderland. In Oxford. It is a cadence. It is also the clock ticking and tocking in the belly of the pirate, Captain Hook, in Peter Pan.
Traditionally, on a tick, Intel brings in a new process which will give a small performance boost, and use less power. A Tock introduces a new architecture, effectively new circuitry, using the now established manufacturing process and a cup of tea with the Mad Hatter.
