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instructions per clock have been going up, l3 cache sizes going up, core count going up, new wider instructions becoming available (avx 2 and 512 ), branch pred
by gameswithgo 5y ago
instructions per clock have been going up, l3 cache sizes going up, core count going up, new wider instructions becoming available (avx 2 and 512 ), branch predictors improving.
overall speed increases are still nothing like the old days and spectre style mitigations have been eating away at the improvements
- bahmboo 5y agoYes. Without a L1 cache a cpu is just a hyper active kid in a box. L2 important too. If one cares about performance learn about caches.
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