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weixin
8 months ago

Inside the Failure of Intel's Itanium: Revealed by a Former Engineer

➀ The article reveals the internal details of the failure of Intel's Itanium processor;

➁ It discusses how Intel's insistence on releasing x64 versions of Itanium CPUs could have led to victory in the x86-64 domain over AMD;

➂ The article highlights the importance of backward compatibility in the PC market and how Itanium's pure 64-bit architecture hindered its market performance;

➃ It describes the role of former Intel Chief x86 Architect, Robert Colwell, in the development of the Pentium 4 CPU and the challenges he faced with Intel's management.

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ee.m.ofweek
9 months ago

Deep Dive into AMD Zen 5 Architecture: Where Does the Performance Boost Come From?

➀ AMD's Zen 5 architecture introduces significant upgrades across various microarchitectural modules, enhancing performance and efficiency. ➁ The architecture focuses on boosting single and dual-core performance, supporting full AVX-512 and configurable 256/512-bit floating-point data paths. ➂ Zen 5 also introduces Zen 5c, a compact core version aimed at mobile and server applications, emphasizing energy efficiency and performance optimization.
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