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Re:More on x86 – The Chip Letter by sapiogram on Thursday April 25, 2024 @09:55AM (#40157636)
> 1) the memory speeds are increasing and approach those of the CPU ― that's definitely not true today;

What does "speed" mean here? Latency? Bandwidth?

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Re:More on x86 – The Chip Letter by gpderetta on Thursday April 25, 2024 @10:25AM (#40157988)
It means keeping the instruction fetcher fed. So bandwidth primarily, but also latency when resteering it after a jump.
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