New Intel CEO rehiring retired CPU architects

Re:New Intel CEO rehiring retired CPU architects by xorx on Thursday January 21, 2021 @12:32PM (#25861508)

Exactly. It would be a bit of a gamble, as it may undercut their x86 lines, but as a hedge against the success of ARM/M[1,2,...], they may do themselves a favor to attempt a project to implement RISC-V.

They don't have much to lose, as AMD is already killing their x86 lines anyway.

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Re:New Intel CEO rehiring retired CPU architects by phkahler on Thursday January 21, 2021 @01:11PM (#25862022)

I've been hoping Intel or AMD would try RISC-V. If the ISA is inherently more efficient (not saying it is) they should be able to prove it by having already optimized so much core and cache hardware.

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Re:New Intel CEO rehiring retired CPU architects by unanswered on Thursday January 21, 2021 @03:19PM (#25863674)

And do what, shoot both x86 feet they're standing on? If they wanted to optimize technical/engineering success, it's absolutely the best move. But to optimize shareholder value or anything like it, it's impossible.

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Re:New Intel CEO rehiring retired CPU architects by Daho0n on Thursday January 21, 2021 @05:31PM (#25865419)

They already broke one foot and got shot in the other by AMD. Shareholders doesn't like bleeding feet either.

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