DaleGribble88@programming.dev to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoIntel's ditching the 'i' in 'Core i5/i7/i9' and will stop calling out chip generationswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down10cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.ml
arrow-up197arrow-down1external-linkIntel's ditching the 'i' in 'Core i5/i7/i9' and will stop calling out chip generationswww.pcgamer.comDaleGribble88@programming.dev to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square40fedilinkcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.ml
minus-squareHexorg@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIsn’t there a speculation that Intel CPUS are actually RISC chips with microcode emulating x86?
minus-squareinterolivary@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoIt’s not speculation, it’s verified fact ever since the Pentium 6 in the mid-90’s. See eg this
minus-squareHexorg@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoAh my bad, I did a quick search before commenting and couldn’t find anything concrete.
Isn’t there a speculation that Intel CPUS are actually RISC chips with microcode emulating x86?
It’s not speculation, it’s verified fact ever since the Pentium 6 in the mid-90’s. See eg this
Ah my bad, I did a quick search before commenting and couldn’t find anything concrete.