AMD and Intel General Discussion (not for getting help)

[Upendra09]

yeah but the users would be too mutated to notice the slowness of the system 😀

 

[Upendra09]

lets see them get out of their chair first

 

[Upendra09]

exactly, stay in ur chair that has melded on to ur body

 

[Upendra09]

so is avropendra 😀

 

[Reynod]

I was wondering how well the i3 / i5 would have been if the IMC had been 32nm and on the same die instead of next to it on a 45nm shared GPU die.

I just don't understand the reasoning for it ...

Their next tock will surely put it back ... and so making that little champ a lower power device.

Plus the latency issues are then addressed.

Thoughts as to why ... something to do with the halted move to lrb?

 

[archibael]

These things get planned out 3-4 years in advance. The Larrabee decision was made in the last couple of quarters.

I wasn't involved in the decision, just the results, so I can only speculate, but I suspect it was done to allow flexibility in stepping the "chipset" die and "CPU" die separately. The design groups for both have been separated in the past, and I think for this first foray into the merger it was considered most expedient to allow for the most flexibility.

 

[Reynod]

I spose it is slated for improvement under Westmere?

 

[archibael]

Clarkdale/Arrandale *are* Westmere. The next up in the series is Sandy Bridge, which will be monolithic.

 

[Upendra09]

i am polylithic

 

[archibael]

Essentially, "stone". Monolithic = one stone, aka one die.

Or think of it this way: a monolithic CPU is an incredibly advanced piece of technology that is worshipped by lesser men and studied jealously by highly intelligent scientists. And, judging from the movie 2001 and this thread, causes fights like you wouldn't believe.

 

[archibael]

My last post was a play on words and movie reference, not meant to be taken seriously.

 

[Upendra09]

i am multilithic, cores from different countries 😀

 

[Reynod]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3637/quick-look-thermalright-spitfire-vrmr5

Buttkicking GPU cooler here ... found it whilst looking at stuff on Thuban:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3641/amd-divulges-phenom-ii-x6-secrets-turbo-core-enabled

http://www.xbitlabs.com./articles/cpu/display/amd-istanbul.html

 

[Reynod]

Clarkdale/Arrandale *are* Westmere. The next up in the series is Sandy Bridge, which will be monolithic.

Jeez ... I got lost in a time warp there for a sec ... thanks for bringing me forward Arch.

Yes .. Sandy Bridge.

My apols.

Lucky we have some Intel employees (not fanboys) here to set us straight.

 

[Upendra09]

dogman is an intel fanboy

 

[Upendra09]

i favor VIA over everything

 

[neoletrix]

Oh hei guise, sig related

 

[neoletrix]

also, this is AMD:

 

[neoletrix]

fast, reliable, filled with features, overclockable, fun, cool

Sig related

 

[randomizer]

neoletrix please resize your signature so that it does not take up half the screen.

 

[Upendra09]

nowhere

 

[Upendra09]

what happened to JDJ????

 

[Upendra09]

like??

 

[Upendra09]

what are you saying abt me??

 

[Upendra09]

and he-

*JDJ pulls Upendra09's body through the widow and disappears*