wwenze
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AMD's Zen4:
"The brand new Zen 4 architecture is rumored to deliver up to 25% IPC gain over Zen 3 and hit clock speeds of around 5 GHz."
https://wccftech.com/amd-am5-next-g...ort-lga-1718-socket-dual-channel-ddr5-memory/
First AMD did Zen, which pretty much chased until Sandy Bridge. At which point it is logical to think "Nice catch up, although it's an almost 10yo CPU"
Then Zen+, "Ok so they are running out of low-hanging fruits soon and improvements will taper off soon."
Then Zen2, "So it roughly matches, losing in single-threaded. This is probably the limit."
Zen3, "Wat"
Zen4 (announced IPC), "Wat"
So the illusion that we are at the limit of CPU innovation just got smashed. Twice.
"The brand new Zen 4 architecture is rumored to deliver up to 25% IPC gain over Zen 3 and hit clock speeds of around 5 GHz."
https://wccftech.com/amd-am5-next-g...ort-lga-1718-socket-dual-channel-ddr5-memory/
First AMD did Zen, which pretty much chased until Sandy Bridge. At which point it is logical to think "Nice catch up, although it's an almost 10yo CPU"
Then Zen+, "Ok so they are running out of low-hanging fruits soon and improvements will taper off soon."
Then Zen2, "So it roughly matches, losing in single-threaded. This is probably the limit."
Zen3, "Wat"
Zen4 (announced IPC), "Wat"
So the illusion that we are at the limit of CPU innovation just got smashed. Twice.