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On the other hand, if 99% of highly threaded applications run 1% faster and 1% of applications run 10 times slower, maybe it's worth it? Maybe?? Tbh I think t
by zaarn 8y ago
On the other hand, if 99% of highly threaded applications run 1% faster and 1% of applications run 10 times slower, maybe it's worth it?
Maybe??
Tbh I think this is more of a sign that Intel's architecture, the Core i generation of CPUs, has been optimized as much as you reasonably can and Intel is squeezing out a few more cpu cycles here and there.
- ethbro 8y agoOne of the dark arts of chip design is getting a pulse on existing code in the wild, and evaluating potential microarch changes against it. Someone else can pipe in, but the impression I got from friends in that industry was that Intel had a fairly advanced org set up to evaluate that. Or to look at it another way, they didn't want to make an $x billion bet without due diligence.