➀ Intel unveiled the Clearwater Forest, its next-generation E-core Xeon processor, at Hot Chips 2025; ➁ The chip features up to 288 cores per socket and showcases Intel's advanced manufacturing and 3D packaging technologies; ➂ The processor is built on three different process nodes and utilizes new 'Darkmont' E-cores with significant architectural upgrades.
Recent #CPU Architecture news in the semiconductor industry
➀ The article reveals the internal details of the failure of Intel's Itanium processor;
➁ It discusses how Intel's insistence on releasing x64 versions of Itanium CPUs could have led to victory in the x86-64 domain over AMD;
➂ The article highlights the importance of backward compatibility in the PC market and how Itanium's pure 64-bit architecture hindered its market performance;
➃ It describes the role of former Intel Chief x86 Architect, Robert Colwell, in the development of the Pentium 4 CPU and the challenges he faced with Intel's management.
➀ AMD's Zen 5 architecture introduces significant upgrades across various microarchitectural modules, enhancing performance and efficiency. ➁ The architecture focuses on boosting single and dual-core performance, supporting full AVX-512 and configurable 256/512-bit floating-point data paths. ➂ Zen 5 also introduces Zen 5c, a compact core version aimed at mobile and server applications, emphasizing energy efficiency and performance optimization.