If you’ve ever run a system report on a late-2010s ultrabook, you might have seen a cryptic string: . While it looks like a serial number, it’s actually a precise "fingerprint" of the processor powering your device. What Is This Processor?

Decoding the Workhorse: A Guide to "Family 6 Model 142 Stepping 10"

Compared to the previous Skylake (Model 94/158), Sunny Cove featured deeper out-of-order buffers, a larger L1 data cache (48 KB vs. 32 KB), and increased execution ports. This improved instructions-per-clock (IPC) by roughly 18%—one of the largest IPC gains in a decade.

Your specific processor is .