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I was hoping for $999 cpu but twice as fast as example Intel cpu...
by elcct 10y ago
I was hoping for $999 cpu but twice as fast as example Intel cpu...
- CyberDildonics 10y agoThey have 16 and 32 core count processors planned. These should be faster for programs with good concurrency although one detail that has gone under the radar is that Zen has half the SIMD performance of Intel AVX chips (it should take 256 bit SIMD instructions but doesn't execute them all at once). Still, this is unlikely to make a difference in the vast majority of software out there.
- user5994461 10y agoThey already have > 20 cores for servers (> 40 with HT). It is pointless for consumers. Well, except for squeezing a few dollars from the enthusiast who only want THE best, a profitable niche.
- elcct 10y agoWhy is it pointless? There is never too many cpus
- user5994461 10y agoMost user applications cannot fully utilize 40 cores.
- elcct 10y agoBut users run many applications at the same time.
- user5994461 10y agoNot 40 of them ^^
- elcct 10y agoWell, I just started my laptop and I have 179 processes and 2381 threads running ^^
- user5994461 10y agoWhich all together hardly use 3% of a single core.