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260: CPUs Have Been Juicing for Too Long

2024/11/10
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The episode discusses the latest advancements in CPU design, focusing on AMD's Zen 5 and Intel's Arrow Lake architectures. It explains the concept of disaggregated CPUs and how they differ from traditional monolithic designs.
  • Disaggregated CPUs use multiple smaller chips connected together, allowing for different manufacturing processes and increased core counts.
  • Intel's Arrow Lake uses TSMC's N3 process for its chiplets, marking a significant shift from Intel's traditional in-house fabrication.
  • AMD's Zen 5 continues the trend of disaggregated designs, improving upon previous generations with better performance and efficiency.

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It's been a wild few months in CPUs, with next-generation releases from both AMD and Intel in their respective Zen 5 and Arrow Lake categories. Now that most all the big parts are out, we break down what's what, including why everyone is finally going disaggregated (and what that means), what's going on with OS updates to make your processor run faster, which one to get if you just want to play games, what the new CU-DIMM standard means for RAM, and more.

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