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Wow this is a depth of reporting on cpu arch changes I’ve never seen the likes of. I saw a few weeks ago posted here someone wanting to know how to get into th

Wow this is a depth of reporting on cpu arch changes I’ve never seen the likes of. I saw a few weeks ago posted here someone wanting to know how to get into the cpu arch space. Understanding everything within would be a good start

ls65536 4y ago
Agreed. This is very fascinating stuff to help understand what's really happening at that low level in these new chips and how this can impact software performance, the intricate details of which are sometimes only sparsely available online and usually not as approachable. They also had an excellent one posted just a few weeks ago on the Intel Skylake architecture in case you hadn't yet seen it: https://chipsandcheese.com/2022/10/14/skylake-intels-longest-serving-architecture/ https://chipsandcheese.com/2022/10/14/skylake-intels-longest...
alberth 4y ago
And this is just Part 1
- clamchowder 4y ago
  Yeah, will have Part 2 up shortly (author here). If you try to make a Wordpress post too long, typing gets extremely laggy to the point of being unusable. So splitting it into two parts lets me go a little more in depth without waiting two seconds for a word to show up after I type it.
  - smueller1234 4y ago
    Thank you for what you do. Your articles are what I've been scouring the internet for since the demise of RWT!
rektide 4y ago
A decade plus ago, the deep details were much better reported. Every little cache change, pipeline tweak was known & reported. Sites like Real World Tech with Kanter would go even deeper to find every little nuance & difference they could. We used to be into details, super hard. Things have just broadly gotten much stupider, much more generic. Reporting has gotten superficial. Chips & cheese makes it feel like 1999 again. Back when people bothered to know & care & follow the advance.
rbanffy 4y ago
This is the kind of stuff I liked in magazines such as BYTE. So dearly missed...

ls65536 4y ago

Agreed. This is very fascinating stuff to help understand what's really happening at that low level in these new chips and how this can impact software performance, the intricate details of which are sometimes only sparsely available online and usually not as approachable. They also had an excellent one posted just a few weeks ago on the Intel Skylake architecture in case you hadn't yet seen it: https://chipsandcheese.com/2022/10/14/skylake-intels-longest-serving-architecture/ https://chipsandcheese.com/2022/10/14/skylake-intels-longest...

alberth 4y ago

And this is just Part 1

clamchowder 4y ago
Yeah, will have Part 2 up shortly (author here). If you try to make a Wordpress post too long, typing gets extremely laggy to the point of being unusable. So splitting it into two parts lets me go a little more in depth without waiting two seconds for a word to show up after I type it.
- smueller1234 4y ago
  Thank you for what you do. Your articles are what I've been scouring the internet for since the demise of RWT!

rektide 4y ago

A decade plus ago, the deep details were much better reported. Every little cache change, pipeline tweak was known & reported. Sites like Real World Tech with Kanter would go even deeper to find every little nuance & difference they could. We used to be into details, super hard. Things have just broadly gotten much stupider, much more generic. Reporting has gotten superficial. Chips & cheese makes it feel like 1999 again. Back when people bothered to know & care & follow the advance.

rbanffy 4y ago

This is the kind of stuff I liked in magazines such as BYTE. So dearly missed...