Why clock speed stopped being the number that matters
Two chips at the same frequency can differ by more than 40 percent in real work. Here is what replaced megahertz as the useful figure.
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Process nodes, CPU and GPU architecture, packaging, memory and the roadmaps behind them.
Two chips at the same frequency can differ by more than 40 percent in real work. Here is what replaced megahertz as the useful figure.
Splitting a processor into several smaller dies improved yield and let vendors mix process nodes.