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Re:Intel x86 documentation has more pages than the 6502 has ... by Narishma on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @08:09PM (#13127648)
You're comparing a single-core to a quad-core. Moreover, the Skylake is an SoC that contains stuff other than the CPU cores.
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Re:Intel x86 documentation has more pages than the 6502 has ... by CalChris on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @08:16PM (#13127682)
Yes, Skylake is superscalar, hyperthreaded, multicore, SIMD, OOO, speculative and a few other things too.

Yes, Skylake contains GPU stuff in its transistors and also in its documentation.

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Re:Intel x86 documentation has more pages than the 6502 has ... by theparanoid on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @08:19PM (#13127694)
Cache is the majority.
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