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> I spent 6+yrs @ AMD engg in mid to late 2000s helping design the CPU/APU/GPUs that we see today. Is that a far statement to make, given ~20-years has passed?
by alberth 2y ago
> I spent 6+yrs @ AMD engg in mid to late 2000s helping design the CPU/APU/GPUs that we see today.
Is that a far statement to make, given ~20-years has passed?
- JonChesterfield 2y agoIt seems a bit dubious since there's the trainwreck of Bulldozer on x64 sitting between then and the ryzen cores that managed to dethrone intel. I'm pretty sure the GPUs were VLIW without direct access to system memory too. I think one could sketch a lineage from the PS4 processor through to el capitan with a bunch of handwaving but that also seems to be after that time period.
- stagger87 2y agoNo, and the content of the tweets certainly dont support his claim. As someone else pointed out he's already tweeted this "story" in the past. It's all low effort self promotion for his brand.
- 1oooqooq 2y agoHes not an engineer anymore. that's MBA math. it checks out.