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Intel claims 'substantial' CPU core speed boost in Meteor Lake test chip 'for just moving wires around' (www.pcgamer.com)

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It's debatable if 5% is substantial but I find it interesting how they've changed the locations of each segment.

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[–] archroy@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just moving wires around... It's really a huge change in chip design and manufacturing

[–] noplexa@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"just moving wires around" could mean anything on something that is mostly wires :)

[–] archroy@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah I work in semiconductor failure analysis and thought it was funny how that was phrased. People don't understand how many years of engineering and development it takes for changes like this