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just going to point out once again that it was easy to see a better try from amd coming based on them having jim keller back for a couple of years to design zen guy went alpha 21164 -> 21264 -> amd k7 -> hypertransport -> amd k8 -> (a high-performance mips implementation that broadcom bought out, but not one would remember) -> pa semi -> apple a4 -> apple a5 -> amd zen -> uber (in a bit of a tragedy for all) since he is gone amd will shortly go back to bungling all things, but at least they are likely to have a decent uarch for a generaiton
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infernal machines posted:zen seems to be targeting that ever growing juggernaut of the PC market, home desktop PCs not exactly the market of the future, but i think the "enthusiast" crowd still exists and is very prepared to go with anything that seems a bit flashier than intels offerings. i expect they can make some quick cash there, and then longer term get another go at servers going
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ConanTheLibrarian posted:maybe HP will finally release their memristor-based stuff and we can ascend to the fourth level of computation tbf i think we could have managed a computer simulation of kurzweils brain which was good enough for all practical purposes at any point since 1973
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unclear whether they need to compete with the 1080s though. vulkan is rather fixing one of amds main problems (software parity) for them atm, and it was never like they were too stupid to figure out how to stick shaders onto dies anyway. i sort of think amd may actually make it (i.e. struggle along almost making profits for another decade) at this rate if the zen roadmap works out
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Fabricated posted:The performance per $ really loving drops off a cliff past a certain point. Who buys those $1500+ CPUs? tiny cost in the broader picture for a lot of tasks
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usually because the multiplier is locked, but ryzen is unlocked so because they are banking on overclockers being stupid perhaps? a very sound strategy really. stupid and too dull to spend their considerable income on booze
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i want to see the world burn, but it turns out all i can really control is the bus clock
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its fun to hate on amd and all, but in general this new stuff looks like it'll be competitive enough with intel that they can play around on price, intel has huge margins, they don't need to beat them on any straight performance metric to make a bit of money
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