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Re:Memory access on the Apple M1 processor by ed25519FUUU on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @01:49PM (#25660800)
In other words, it’s better architecture. If anything this makes it seem more impressive to me.
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Re:Memory access on the Apple M1 processor by amelius on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @02:30PM (#25661237)
No, it's the same architecture but with different parameters.

It's like the difference between the situation where every car uses 4 cylinders, and then Apple comes along and makes a car with 5 cylinders.

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Re:Memory access on the Apple M1 processor by kllrnohj on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @03:25PM (#25661920)
Your analogy was so close! It's Apple comes along and makes an 8 cylinder engine. Since, you know, the other CPUs are 4-wide decode and Apple's M1 is 8-wide decode :)
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Re:Memory access on the Apple M1 processor by ben-schaaf on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @07:23PM (#25665028)
Zen 3 is effectively 8 wide with their micro-op cache. Intel similarly has been 6 wide for ages.
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