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Cybernetic Vermin
Apr 18, 2005

and if you want to learn 3d modelling there are some really neat paleolithic cave paintings in the south of france you ought to check out

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Cybernetic Vermin
Apr 18, 2005

learning how a cpu is made is fine and all, but for the purposes of understanding the tradeoffs between two relatively closely related cpu implementations it is a very very long route to take. also, really, i don't think the information necessary to *really* understand the performance profile tradeoffs in e.g. skylake or twister or such is even at all publically available

obsessing over pointless isa details is notably popular, being a part that is actually available for public viewing, but it really is of rather limited actual relevance

Cybernetic Vermin fucked around with this message at 21:19 on May 4, 2016

Cybernetic Vermin
Apr 18, 2005

the stuff that could be done in parallel could already be done in parallel even without bringing a billion cores onto the same die, a lot of stuff cannot be done in parallel (most stuff in fact, in a theoretically sound but practically useless statement), and then only peak single-thread performance matters, and intel remains the only game in town there

it is somewhat interesting to ponder the end-game for single-thread peak performance, since it will never stop mattering, but improving it further appears difficult in all directions

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