Ivy Bridge

基本解释

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The "major technical breakthrough" is a 22nm microprocessor codenamed Ivy Bridge, which will be the first high-volume chip to use 3-D transistors.
这一“重大技术突破”是代号为“常青藤之桥”的22纳米微处理器，它将是首款运用3D晶体管的大容量芯片。
Ivy Bridge is promising -- Intel says its new transistors will provide up to a 37% performance increase and consume less than half the power than their 2-D counterparts.
“常青藤之桥”前景看好——英特尔公司表示，与2D的晶体管相比，全新的晶体管性能提升37%，同时耗电量则不到前者的一半。

The Ivy Bridge is an improvement over the previous generation of APUs (accelerated processor unit), Sandy Bridge.
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