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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by Koshkin on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @08:19AM (#23974930)
At the hardware level, I wonder why, though - don't the modern x86 CPUs have a completely different internal architecture anyway?
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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by amelius on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @08:41AM (#23975073)
Because to change to another fab you "just" have to get a single transistor (or a few devices) working (and duplicate that a billion times). Changing to another ISA requires a lot of redesign.
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