Released in mid-2012, Ivy Bridge was a crucial milestone in Intel’s historical "Tick-Tock" development strategy. It represented a "Tick," meaning it took the existing microarchitecture of the previous generation (2nd Gen Sandy Bridge) and shrunk the manufacturing process node down from 32nm to 22nm. Key Architectural Highlights
Specifically, Model 58 (0x3A in hexadecimal) typically corresponds to: acpi genuineintel---intel64-family-6-model-58
If your system reports family 6 model 58, here is what you actually own: Released in mid-2012, Ivy Bridge was a crucial
If you ever encounter this string in your logs, take a moment to appreciate the decades of standards (ACPI, CPUID, x86-64) that silently work together—most of the time, perfectly. Released in mid-2012