Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors
by chasil on Monday October 18, 2021 @04:55PM
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The DEC Alpha had SMT on their processor roadmap, but it was never implemented as their own engineers told the Compaq overlords that they could never compete with Intel.
"The 21464's origins began in the mid-1990s when computer scientist Joel Emer was inspired by Dean Tullsen's research into simultaneous multithreading (SMT) at the University of Washington."
"The 21464's origins began in the mid-1990s when computer scientist Joel Emer was inspired by Dean Tullsen's research into simultaneous multithreading (SMT) at the University of Washington."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_21464