Yes that’s right, he joined Intel a couple of years ago I think. He’s also the pre-eminent figure of academic research into Value Prediction.
With Royal Core, I think I’m most curious to see whether if it is a completely revolutionary idea and involves crazy new features similar to some of my earlier suggestions. Or, whether it is a more contemporary and evolutionary core. (E.G: The standard improvement of: Wider, Deeper, Smarter. Just lots more of it and restarted with a clean slate)
Essentially, if you are designing a brand new core from scratch, do you either:
A) Stick to standard conventions and just remove all the old clutter and have a fresh start with traditional methods. (Basically what AMD did with Zen)
OR
B) Grasp this opportunity and do something completely new and innovative, which could result in either a “home run” or a complete disaster - High Risk/High Reward. As someone mentioned earlier in this thread, we’ve seen Intel attempt do this before with Netburst and it was a catastrophe.