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    Hitman928 replied to the thread Discussion Leading Edge Foundry Node advances (TSMC, Samsung Foundry, Intel) - [2020 - 2025].

    I wouldn’t say tiny, but smaller. There’s been some promising research in this area that might let them keep it bigger.

    Tuesday at 1:37 PM
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    Hitman928 replied to the thread Question Zen 6 Speculation Thread.

    - what is the back side? Backside is the side opposite the metal layers when looking at a vertical cross-section. Front side has the...

    Monday at 12:59 PM
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    Hitman928 replied to the thread Question Zen 6 Speculation Thread.

    Maybe not as much for the IO itself (this typically refers to a specific block of the chip) but if you mean the logic signals, then yes...

    Sunday at 9:49 PM
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    Hitman928 replied to the thread Question Zen 6 Speculation Thread.

    For density, moving the power routing to the backside helps because when you have front side power delivery, you have both power and...

    Sunday at 9:43 PM
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    Hitman928 replied to the thread Discussion Nvidia Blackwell in Q1-2025.

    I’ve been dealing with the black screen and hdr issues for over a year now, glad to see other people having these issues now too because...

    Sunday at 9:23 PM
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    Hitman928 replied to the thread Question Zen 6 Speculation Thread.

    With Intel’s method, you still need room for the contact in the horizontal so density goes down. You get an electrical benefit but Intel...

    Sunday at 9:19 PM
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    Hitman928 replied to the thread Question Zen 6 Speculation Thread.

    Intel showed increased SRAM density with their BSPDN, you just have to not use it in the bit cell. TSMC’s BSPDN is more advanced and has...

    Sunday at 10:21 AM
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    Hitman928 replied to the thread Question Intel's future after Pat Gelsinger.

    Intel is notorious for having managers for managers managing managers. Worse yet, I’ve heard from multiple former employees that most of...

    Apr 25, 2025
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    Hitman928 posted the thread News Intel 1q25 earnings results in CPUs and Overclocking.

    Not great. Still losing money. Q2 forecast pretty bad. Don’t have time to post more right now, others can dig into the numbers. I’ll...

    Apr 24, 2025
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    Hitman928 reacted to Hulk's post in the thread Question Zen 6 Speculation Thread with Like.

    A PII-500 cost $655 in 1999 or over $1400 today with inflation. You could buy 2 9950X's with that money and the compute is orders of...

    Apr 18, 2025
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    Hitman928 replied to the thread Discussion Ryzen 9000X3D series review thread.

    If you’re behind on updates, Windows starts forcing restarts to catch up on them until you’re up to date.

    Apr 8, 2025
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    Hitman928 replied to the thread Question Zen 6 Speculation Thread.

    Less dynamic power to reach higher frequencies but more leakage power consumption which hurts idle and lower frequency operation.

    Apr 7, 2025
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    Hitman928 reacted to IEC's post in the thread Intel processors crashing Unreal engine games (and others) with Like.

    No apparent degradation, still boosting to 5.5GHz on lightly threaded workloads. Has never been run on older microcode, only on "fixed"...

    Mar 15, 2025
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    Hitman928 reacted to IEC's post in the thread Intel processors crashing Unreal engine games (and others) with Like.

    I'll go check on my 14700K and do some light gaming and report back on boost clocks.

    Mar 15, 2025
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    Hitman928 reacted to Hail The Brain Slug's post in the thread Discussion RDNA4 + CDNA3 Architectures Thread with Like.

    Some people here use absolutes in an attempt to mislead. "Nobody buys radeon" "Everyone is paying scalper prices" Reality is not black...

    Mar 15, 2025

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