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Not sure about that bit... What is well known however, is that a bunch of Alpha engineers wound up at AMD, and a lot of that DNA went into the OG Athlon
by whaleofatw2022 2mo ago
Not sure about that bit...
What is well known however, is that a bunch of Alpha engineers wound up at AMD, and a lot of that DNA went into the OG Athlon
- pengaru 2mo ago> Intel developed QPI at its Massachusetts Microprocessor Design Center (MMDC) by > members of what had been the Alpha Development Group, which Intel had acquired > from Compaq and HP and in turn originally came from Digital Equipment > Corporation (DEC).[8] Its development had been reported as early as 2004 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_QuickPath_Interconnect#Background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_QuickPath_Interconnect#B... QPI was Intel's answer to the competition AMD's Athlon / HyperTransport had created
- p_l 2mo agoThe funny part is that arguably both HyperTransport and QPI descend from the interprocessor links designed for Alpha EV7