Recent content by MadRat

Its a new socket on the odd generations, so maybe they haven't set the pinouts yet.

Only waste if you can do better. With tighter export controls this is baby steps.

Seems like CXL support is literally mapping memory point to point between devices. Seems by the time Zen 6 comes out it may make sense to have extra DIMMs on videocards, where it reduces the average consumer's need for more than 2-4 mainboard attached DIMMs. The videocard would benefit yet...

The immediate benefit of on package RAM would be control of tighter timing and power regulation for the closest RAM to the cores. It would be tightly synchronized with the infinity fabric clock. RAM outside this optimized set obviously pays a higher timing penalty, but due to distance from the...

Anything on CPU package to reduce mainboard complexity should be a win for consumers. I still believe the first 8-16 GB of RAM should be on the CPU package. NUMA should be mainstream in 2025.

Adding unapproved hardware can be something that gets you fired. Be aware.

Wait, they pay you 600x the price of the tool but say no? If you were in a trade rather than (witch)craft the cost of the tool would be a no brainer. You should be running hardware 2 years before it goes anywhere else in the organization for testing purposes. Its a small cost compared to bad...

The worst part of win11 notepad is mouse cursor and notepad cursors often mismatch, making cut and paste sucky. And win11 in general likes to miss grab what is highlighted. The whole win11 gui is craptastic

I think Windows is run by an agenda that is leaderless. No binding vision. And vulnerable to influence by both sabotage and espionage. The government needs to clamp down on this madness or split it up.

The Win11 notepad is broken.

I honestly think forcing Windows 11s on Americans is a national security threat. Win11 is a chaotic, insecure mess.

The only system that makes sense is a heatchamber across the face with a non-removeable cover. Upon phase change to vapor the particle disperse at the speed of sound, a real 50 times faster transfer over the best conduction.

Seems like cache communication between cores is limited by the laws of physics. So until there's a new law of physics, focus on what is one off from the current market. So much speculation in the thread appears to throw the baby out with the bathwater. There is no magic whatif coming in Zen...

What is the best single threaded performer?

If some former intern junior associate was responsible for AMD x3D, can you imagine how many junior engineers are ignored at Intel? Intel used to always have the next drool-inducing product ready for the competition. Now its stuck in senior design lock, the same stale looks at tried and true...