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I recall reading some decades ago about dividing chips into separate domains that would commuicate asynchronously, precisely to shorten the longest path and inc
by magicalhippo 3y ago
I recall reading some decades ago about dividing chips into separate domains that would commuicate asynchronously, precisely to shorten the longest path and increase the max frequency.
It's my understanding modern processors do indeed do this to varying degrees.
- tux3 3y agoYep, the term you might be thinking of is "clock domains". This is good if you want different parts of the chip to run at different frequencies, potentially saving a lot of power & gaining perf where needed