Intel's ditching the 'i' in 'Core i5/i7/i9' and will stop calling out chip generationswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.ml DaleGribble88 ( @DaleGribble88@programming.dev ) GamingEnglish • 2 years ago message-square45fedilinkarrow-up1126
arrow-up1126external-linkIntel's ditching the 'i' in 'Core i5/i7/i9' and will stop calling out chip generationswww.pcgamer.com DaleGribble88 ( @DaleGribble88@programming.dev ) GamingEnglish • 2 years ago message-square45fedilinkcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.ml
minus-square Hexorg ( @Hexorg@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoIsn’t there a speculation that Intel CPUS are actually RISC chips with microcode emulating x86?
minus-square interolivary ( @interolivary@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-22 years agoIt’s not speculation, it’s verified fact ever since the Pentium 6 in the mid-90’s. See eg this or this
minus-square Hexorg ( @Hexorg@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoAh my bad, I did a quick search before commenting and couldn’t find anything concrete.
Isn’t there a speculation that Intel CPUS are actually RISC chips with microcode emulating x86?
It’s not speculation, it’s verified fact ever since the Pentium 6 in the mid-90’s. See eg this or this
Ah my bad, I did a quick search before commenting and couldn’t find anything concrete.