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Aren't 99,99999% of these transistors used in cache?
by epx 1y ago
Aren't 99,99999% of these transistors used in cache?
- PopePompus 1y agoGosh no. Often a majority of the transistors are used in cache, but not 99%.
- nomel 1y agoLook up "CPU die diagram". You'll see the physical layout of the CPU with annotated blocks. Zen 3 example: https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/jqjg8e/quick_zen3_die_shot_annotations_die_shot_from/#lightbox https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/jqjg8e/quick_zen3_die_... So, more like 85%, or around 6 orders of magnitude difference from your guess. ;)