Re:U.S. Focuses on Invigorating Chiplets' to Stay Cuting- Ed...
by jsolson on Saturday May 13, 2023 @02:02AM
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They break things apart and preserve interface protocols, but leaving the die isn't free. AMD's approach has all of the upsides and downsides that come with microservices, and taking effective advantage of it requires a similar level of planning.
Consider AMD's approach. They use multiple CPU dies in a single package to build very high core count systems that would previously have required multiple sockets. Bringing these into one package can make communication more energy-efficient and faster. They also use different processes for different dies. The "IO die" is fabricated on a slightly old process as it is not performance-critical while the best process is reserved for building cores.