ISA Contract - Compatibility Burden

Extension Layered

The base ISA grows through optional vector, crypto, floating-point, or privilege extensions.

CPU Exemplars With This Coordinate

VALIDATED_LIMITED

Intel Skylake i7-6700K

2015 - intel

A mature client CPU: wide out-of-order cores, layered caches, SIMD extensions, aggressive power management, and system fabric as part of the processor identity.