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Most likely the technical justification is a lack of manpower and schedule constraints. I wouldn't be surprised if things that make long term sense but give in
by nvoorhies 17y ago
Most likely the technical justification is a lack of manpower and schedule constraints.
I wouldn't be surprised if things that make long term sense but give incremental benefits at the cost of significant increases in verification work look pretty unsavory to a company in sore financial shape, as they've been for a while now.
- carterschonwald 17y agoYou're more right than you realize. I've heard from a number of senior folks in CS who have ties to industry that in many cases decisions by Intel in terms of choice of CPU features have been in large part motivated by making it impossible for competitors to achieve feature parity without risking or perhaps certainly dealing with bankruptcy.
- JF-AMD 17y agoNo, it has more to do with the inconsistency of SMT in an x86 environment. If we were always getting consistent performance gains and expected stability it would be a consideration. That might change in the future, but the technology needs to refine first.