Re:Moore's law hits the roof
by yazaddaruvala on Sunday December 27, 2015 @04:31PM
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Interesting!
Given that RAM is relatively simple, I wouldn't have expected yields to be such an issue. Also, since the marginal cost of a CPU is relatively low, I figured again, it wouldn't be a large hit to Intel's bottom line to overcome the yields or to give out new chips through warranty.
Remember that for buyers, RAM and CPUs are marked up significantly. A combined CPU RAM unit, would be justified to have increased price over just a CPU. As long as CPU-RAM Unit cost <= CPU + RAM, buyers wouldn't mind and society would end up better as a whole. Potentially making it worthwhile for Intel, regardless of loss in yield.
I am not very educated on the subject though, so I'll defer to your knowledge on it, and agree.
> The intel Iris Pro has 1.5 GB of basically 4th level cache, shared between the GPU and the CPU.
You mean 128 MB?
In a small way, this has already happened, though. The intel Iris Pro has 1.5 GB of basically 4th level cache, shared between the GPU and the CPU.
I could see memory on the package, though, which might generate some of the benefits you're looking for.