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#8: CPU wars: Intel vs. AMD vs. ARM

#8: CPU wars: Intel vs. AMD vs. ARM

Syscast Podcast by Mattias Geniar

January 16, 20201h 4m

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Show Notes

In this new episode of Syscast, I talk to Jan Somers for a deep-dive into CPUs. We discuss Intel vs. AMD and what the role and future of ARM might be.

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Show topics#

In this episode, we discuss:

  • The inception of Intel & AMD
  • The x86 instructionset
  • Production sizes (nm) and sockets
  • Hyperthreading in Intel and AMD
  • Pipelines: core count vs. clockspeeds
  • Introducing ARM CPU’s
  • The ARM CPU doesn’t exist (😱)
  • Jan’s hardware rabbit holes
  • The future of CPU’s

Additional shownotes#

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