some modern CPUs have a legacy that can be traced back decades — not because of the code, but because of the people involved
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you can even track this based on pet features, e.g. there’s pretty much only one group of people who use write-through L1 caches
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people are so important to silicon engineering -- most modern knowledge and practice of "how to make a chip" is tied up in human brains
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wanna know why bulldozer sucked? there's tons of reasons, but one is that the lead engineer came down with pancreatic cancer (rest in peace)
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this industry is incredible. Literally exponential progress, ubiquitous yet at the top of fairly shaky foundations
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sounds like the wrong plane crashes and we’re thrown 10-20 years back if not more ^^’
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dumb question, do Intel/Nvidia/ARM/Apple… apply the kind of rules where two architects can’t be in the same plane at a time?
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@Taiki__San Intel is extremely obsessive about this, in large part because they're a government contractor and must satisfy US rules2 replies 1 retweet 28 likes -
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@Taiki__San AFAIK, Intel is actually their own "second source" -- and they are serious about the redundancy to meet that standard1 reply 2 retweets 30 likes -
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@Taiki__San (also, Intel has a secret vault with instructions and equipment for rebuilding the silicon industry after a nuclear holocaust)12 replies 60 retweets 116 likes
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