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> It seems there is a persistent rift between what hardware designers think users want and what users are asking for > Nobody I personally know wants a faster
by aleph_minus_one 20d ago
> It seems there is a persistent rift between what hardware designers think users want and what users are asking for
> Nobody I personally know wants a faster CPU; they want competent, faster, native feeling software and more power efficient hardware.
I think you miss the point: what you claim that users want is not something that hardware designers have a lot of influence on (except for the aspect that the IC should be (more) power-efficient): these are rather problems that software developers are there to solve. So, hardware designers are simply the wrong persons to ask if you have such wishes.
- layer8 20d agoThat’s right, but power efficiency is an important factor, one of the main points where Intel is lagging behind ARM. And it’s also correct to point out that the main issue for end users is software, even if hardware designers can’t do much about it.
- toast0 20d agoAMD and even Intel have reasonable to good performance / watt for most of the curve... But they do let you explore the top side of the curve where you get a little more performance for a lot more power. This is mostly because of how Intel and AMD compete directly and high end performance looks good in reviews. Few (if any) ARM processors let you do that. In many (most?) Intel/AMD systems, you can limit the maximum power delivered to the CPU and get good efficiency and most of the possible perfomance.