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Re:Alder Lake Core i9 processor is faster than the M1 Max by amluto on Thursday January 27, 2022 @01:54AM (#30097103)
It’s related indirectly. A longer pipeline tends to result in shorter stages within the pipeline. (This is the whole point of pipelining.)
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Re:Alder Lake Core i9 processor is faster than the M1 Max by kingosticks on Thursday January 27, 2022 @03:32AM (#30097803)
OK, yes there's often correlation but that's it. A longer pipeline doesn't affect max circuit frequency.

The other sibling comment regarding distance isn't true. regardless of how insane your feedbacks are. Physical placement tools have always handled this in my experience (as a chip designer for 10+ years).

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Re:Alder Lake Core i9 processor is faster than the M1 Max by u320 on Thursday January 27, 2022 @06:03AM (#30098942)
There is no point of lengthening the pipeline if you don't get higher frequency from it. It would just add complexity and and a higher branch mispredict penalty.
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