Recent content by maddie

But you repeat yourself.

IC was used effectively even when NVIDIA was also on GDDR6. I don't think cache can reduce the need for "amount of VRAM". It amplifies bandwidth, so allows a smaller bus width. We should remember, the space needed for memory controllers is reduced, so this needs to be factored in the total...

True, but almost certainly not abandoning IF caching schemes. GDDR7 alone cannot replace the bandwidth amplification of a large cache.

Nah. The bus/CU ratio is the same as RDNA4. They will probably need even better caching schemes to handle the expected improvement in instruction throughput execution rate.

One nice thing with FELs is the tunable nature of the radiation.

How do anyone here determine what is a realistic speed? Historical norms? Physical fundamentals of the node? This is how it has been and thus will always be, AKA faith? Any room for a new approach? These debates remind me of the time when IPC was relatively stagnant following the Haswell...

I guess we should be thankful we live in an optimal world.

Where did the "busted" 7600 go?

Have any noticed this? Heaven help us, we have RTX 5060Ti 16GB widely available at the "false" MSRP. Is the GPU market imploding? Pity those companies that "must" be losing money at present.

My condolences. As a person older than you, I've seen many friends descend into nostalgic episodes similar to this. It's a one way ticket my friend. :)

What does this have to do with "How is it viable commercially to take large fixed cost of designing cutting edge stuff and only go for low volume?" Having lots of capital doesn't mean you waste it. That's a fool's behavior, and it's what made Intel throw away accumulated earnings by chasing...

Improving this can allow a longer, higher frequency pipeline, without increasing misprediction penalties.

Nope, I stated a historical fact. I don't know about future IPC increases, and admit it. Back in the day, when Intel was king, I repeatedly asked if there was some theoretical limit to IPC, and was given the same answer as you do now. "It's hard from here to get significant IPC increases."...

That is a much bigger psychological problem than most assume, and generally leads to poor outcomes.

Maybe you do research in advanced CPU architectures, but unless you do, this is merely your opinion.