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I 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?
by codedokode 3y ago
I 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 3y 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 3y 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 3y 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 3y 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