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Important note X-Gene already used own cores long time ago, so it's non-news. They also had two from-scratch developed microarchitectures.
by baybal2 5y ago
Important note X-Gene already used own cores long time ago, so it's non-news.
They also had two from-scratch developed microarchitectures.
- floatboth 5y agoWell, the first Ampere product (eMAG) was based on the last X-Gene, and it was way behind contemporary Cortex/Neoverse cores. It is news that they took the time and effort to continue with custom uarch development, that they have confidence in the ability to make a good one.
- IanCutress 5y agoAmpere were all in with N1, and it seemed that they'd stay with the Neoverse ecosystem for several generations. Everything coming out of them contact wise was very much Neoverse related, so for them to get up and say that they're ditching Neoverse after one generation is big news. Still SBSA compliant, but big news. Renee and Atiq brought over a lot of Intel SoC designers when they left.