Kaby Lake
| Product code | 80677 |
|---|---|
| L1 cache | 64 KiB per core |
| L2 cache | 256 KiB per core |
| L3 cache | Up to 2 MiB per core, shared |
| Created | October 2016 (mobile) January 2017 (desktop) |
| Transistors | 14 nm (Tri-Gate) transistors |
| Architecture | x86-64 |
| Instructions | x86-64 |
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| Socket |
LGA 1151 BGA1356 BGA1440 BGA1515 |
| Predecessor | Skylake (Architecture) |
| Successor | Coffee Lake (2nd Optimization) |
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Kaby Lake is the codename used by Intel for a processor microarchitecture which was announced on August 30, 2016. Like the preceding Skylake, Kaby Lake is produced using a 14 nanometer manufacturing process technology. Breaking with Intel's previous "" manufacturing and design model, Kaby Lake represents the optimized step of the newer "process-architecture-optimization" model. Kaby Lake began shipping to manufacturers and OEMs in the second quarter of 2016, and mobile chips have started shipping while Kaby Lake (desktop) chips were officially launched on January 3, 2017.
Skylake was anticipated to be succeeded by the 10 nanometer Cannonlake, but it was announced on July 16, 2015, that Cannonlake has been delayed until the second half of 2017. Kaby Lake is the first Intel platform to lack official driver support for versions of Windows older than Windows 10.
As with previous Intel processors (such as the 8088, Banias, Dothan, Conroe, Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, Skylake), Kaby Lake's development was led by Intel's Israeli team, based out of Haifa. Intel Israel Development Centers manager Ran Senderovitz said: "When we started out on the project, we were only thinking about basic improvements from the previous generation. But we began looking at things differently with a lot of innovation and determination and we achieved major improvements." He added that the performance of the seventh generation chips was improved by 12% for applications and 19% for Internet use compared with the sixth generation chips. Third-party benchmarks do not confirm these percentages as far as gaming is concerned.
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