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The top level things like process node, ISA and memory controller are big. But a lot of boils down to being able to shape the entire chip design exclusively aro
by enos_feedler 6y ago
The top level things like process node, ISA and memory controller are big. But a lot of boils down to being able to shape the entire chip design exclusively around system level traces of real mac workloads. Intel needs to factor so many different kinds of traces into their chip design. Even windows vs apple makes a huge difference.
- tsimionescu 6y agoSo your prediction is that the chip will be bad at running Linux and windows? To me it seems a priori quite unlikely that the patterns of MacOS, windows and Linux are so different that this would be a major win. There may be a few specific things, but any CPU that prioritizes to much for some particular os would have big problems running CPU-intensive user-space-only workloads.