Counterclockwise: CPU cores grow not just in numbers, but in variety too

07 July 2019
The "big-little" designs grew into "big-medium-little" to keep heat and power usage in check while maintaining the capability to go full throttle.

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Interesting. I can see a wall (with core count, with core size etc) but I don't see a wall in software. While hardware wise there isn't much one can do, software is an ocean of possibilities.
I expect Qualcomm really trying atm because 855 I s such a beast. It's scary to see what's coming really, and exciting at the same time if you are a tougher like me.
Me likes the challenge :)

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    • Anonymous
    • D06
    • 07 Jul 2019

    Anonymous, 07 Jul 2019What is the article for? Maybe it is better to write one a... moreArm is not dated at all,A cam even exist for next 50 years

    RISC V Is not some future,like you state it's already here,it was developed in 1990s and even X86 systems some RISC V based instructions

    Pls study properly before writing anything

    RISCV is not superior neither ARM is dated.

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      • Anonymous
      • F@2
      • 07 Jul 2019

      What is the article for? Maybe it is better to write one about what is coming next?

      There has been Arm cpu's with a lot more cores then 10, in non mobile spaces. But Arms are getting unwieldy in the top end, with instruction set architectures not too far from Intel's in size. Sure they are well chosen instructions, but still over 1000. Arm is a limitation.

      A friend of mine wanted to put 10 thousand of his CPU on a wafer maybe a few decades ago. I want to put hundreds of thousands for my design on a chip integrating CPU, GPU etc. Another person I knew has 144 of his design on one chip years ago, lowest energy design out on 180nm doing over 600 or 700 mhz from memory (was a few different versions starting at over 500mhz).

      Arm is dated, even RiscV, the better alternative to arm is not as good as can be done.

      One thing that caps speed, is the complexity of the chip. With lower complexity you can cool more to run faster. I think that useful chips could be achieve 10-20Ghz in silicon using more straightforward CPU designs.

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        • Anonymous
        • R0G
        • 07 Jul 2019

        I remember something kind of Chernobyl disaster in the name sd810 lol

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