After the MHz and multi-core wars, performance drops.
  • misk@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
    9·
    11 hours ago

    It’s not really the decrease that’s the news here because that decrease is within a margin of error due to other factors. What’s the real news is that the graph has been flat for two consecutive years which is mind boggling!*

    • I rarely use exclamation marks, sorry about that.
    • melroy@kbin.melroy.org
      10·
      10 hours ago

      Anyhow, you’re right something is not going great. Although I upgraded to a great Threadripper platform now and we do have great AMD laptop processors. It could have multiple causes:

      • Doing below 4nm, 3nm, and 2 nm will give more and more issues, we are basically hitting a wall. Since quantum effects are increasingly becoming an issue at these small scales. Especially with high NA.
      • Monopoly of AMD in the CPU market, Intel is lacking behind. On the long term this could mean less innovation.
      • Inflation; due to costs rising, people are less willing to invest that much money on their (new) computers and hardware. Since the article refers to “average results of all Windows PC tests across the globe every two weeks”. It could be as simple as people having less purging power to all buy new chips. And most people are just “fine” with using 5, 10 or even 15 year old hardware as their daily driver.

      Disclaimer: I’m working in the Lithography sector at ASML.