Voltage regulator module
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A voltage regulator module, sometimes called processor power module, is a buck converter that provides the microprocessor and chipset the appropriate supply voltage, converting +3.3 V, +5 V or +12 V t
Voltage regulator module for an IBM Netfinity 7000 M10 server running an Intel Xeon 500 MHz processor
Voltage regulator module for a Gigabyte Aorus X570 motherboard running on AMD Socket AM4
Voltage regulator module (parts external to the processor's fully integrated voltage regulator) on a computer motherboard, covered with heat sinks
Haswell (microarchitecture)
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In computing, Haswell was a 2013 CPU microarchitecture developed by Intel. Haswell supports the x86 instruction set, and specifically, its 64-bit variant, the x86-64. As the tock part of the company's
Voltage regulator module
…typically made up of power MOSFET devices. Most voltage regulator module implementations are soldered onto the motherboard. Some processors, such as Intel Haswell and Ice Lake CPUs, feature some voltage regulation components on the same CPU package, reduce the VRM design of the motherboard; such a design brings…
A Haswell wafer with several dies, with a pin for scale
Intel Haswell i7-4771 CPU, sitting atop its original packaging that contains an OEM fan-cooled heatsink
Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3 CPU, on top of its original packaging with an OEM fan-cooled heatsink
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 CPU; its retail box contains no OEM heatsink