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Ivy Bridge (microarchitecture)
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<p>Ivy Bridge is the <a href="/facts/List_of_Intel_codenames/bHsKcU7u">codename</a> for Intel's <a href="/facts/22_nm_process/zr0VI9w6">22 nm</a> <a href="/facts/Microarchitecture/NFRd4NUL">microarchitecture</a> used in the third generation of the <a href="/facts/Intel_Core/lwa8VSdT">Intel Core processors</a> (<a href="/facts/Intel_Core_i7/5qT6deUr">Core i7</a>, <a href="/facts/Intel_Core_i5/YYnBYKoR">i5</a>, <a href="/facts/Intel_Core_i3/WzEJtfJd">i3</a>). Ivy Bridge is a <a href="/facts/Die_shrink/fgJ8nL4b">die shrink</a> to <a href="/facts/22_nanometer/zr0VI9w6">22 nm</a> process based on <a href="/facts/FinFET/xox63kP7">FinFET</a> ("3D") <a href="/facts/Tri-Gate_transistor/zr0VI9w6">Tri-Gate transistors</a>, from the former generation's <a href="/facts/32_nanometer/CsdohJVh">32 nm</a> <a href="/facts/Sandy_Bridge/os1WwI9l">Sandy Bridge</a> microarchitecture—also known as <a href="/facts/Tick%E2%80%93tock_model/CeKPeLur">tick–tock model</a>. The name is also applied more broadly to the <a href="/facts/Intel_Xeon/j1M8Hp6D">Xeon</a> and <a href="/facts/Core_i7/5qT6deUr">Core i7 Extreme</a> <a href="/facts/Ivy_Bridge-E/VklHpEK1">Ivy Bridge-E</a> series of processors released in 2013. </p><p>Ivy Bridge processors are <a href="/facts/Backward_compatibility/FbHFBu5y">backward compatible</a> with the Sandy Bridge platform, but such systems might require a firmware update (vendor specific). In 2011, Intel released the 7-series <a href="/facts/Panther_Point/6SyP8Vmj">Panther Point</a> <a href="/facts/List_of_Intel_chipsets/1YD0bNRr">chipsets</a> with integrated <a href="/facts/USB_3.0/WTnYm1IS">USB 3.0</a> and <a href="/facts/SATA_3.0/dW8yAMm8">SATA 3.0</a> to complement Ivy Bridge. </p><p>Volume production of Ivy Bridge chips began in the third quarter of 2011. <a href="/facts/Quad-core/ABNb65hQ">Quad-core</a> and dual-core-mobile models launched on April 29, 2012 and May 31, 2012 respectively. Core i3 desktop processors, as well as the first 22 nm <a href="/facts/Pentium/czINY469">Pentium</a>, were announced and available the first week of September 2012. </p><p>Ivy Bridge is the final Intel platform on which versions of Windows prior to <a href="/facts/Windows_7/tldLdbnX">Windows 7</a> are officially supported by <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a>. It is also the earliest Intel microarchitecture to officially support <a href="/facts/Windows_10/be9IHehJ">Windows 10</a> 64-bit (NT 10.0). </p>