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AFAIK there are two cards: the 2X0 and the 2X1. The 1 only works with (recent enough) Intel CPUs, the 0 works with both. It's my understanding that some things
by vladvasiliu 4y ago
AFAIK there are two cards: the 2X0 and the 2X1.
The 1 only works with (recent enough) Intel CPUs, the 0 works with both. It's my understanding that some things are offloaded to the CPU on the 1 models, which older and non-Intel CPUs don't do.
- codedokode 4y agoI don't understand this, does it mean that Intel has put a part of card's hardware into a CPU and uses some non-standard interface between the card and the CPU? If not, then why cannot any other processor process the data? It's just bunch of numbers after all.
- mastax 4y ago> Intel has put a part of card's hardware into a CPU and uses some non-standard interface between the card and the CPU? Correct. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNVi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNVi
- jeffbee 4y agoYes. Intel has this interface called CNVi that puts only the RF stuff on the card and the rest of it in the SoC. This decouples things so you can swap in a newer radio protocol without having to throw away the rest of the implementation. Intel also markets a parallel line of wireless cards where everything is on a stick, for non-Intel or older Intel platforms.
- vladvasiliu 4y agoHowever, in practice, it's not so clear that this works. The interface seems to have multiple versions, which aren't backwards compatible, meaning that a newer card won't work on an older CPU. For example, 201 and 211 cards don't work with an 8th gen cpu.
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- viciousvoxel 4y ago> does it mean that Intel has put a part of card's hardware into a CPU and uses some non-standard interface between the card and the CPU? yes