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System Name | Quantumville™ |
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Processor | Intel Core i7-2700K @ 4GHz |
Motherboard | Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 |
Cooling | Noctua NH-D14 |
Memory | 16GB (2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance Black DDR3 PC3-12800 C9 1600MHz) |
Video Card(s) | MSI RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming X Trio |
Storage | Samsung 850 Pro 256GB | WD Black 4TB | WD Blue 6TB |
Display(s) | ASUS ROG Strix XG27UQR (4K, 144Hz, G-SYNC compatible) | Asus MG28UQ (4K, 60Hz, FreeSync compatible) |
Case | Cooler Master HAF 922 |
Audio Device(s) | Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty PCIe |
Power Supply | Corsair AX1600i |
Mouse | Microsoft Intellimouse Pro - Black Shadow |
Keyboard | Yes |
Software | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit |
The article below on an apparent IPC improvement of 10-15% for Zen 2 got me thinking of the following hypothetical scenario.
Today's x86 CPUs are pretty well optimized for IPC with large caches, out of order execution etc. So, how much further do you think Intel or AMD could improve IPC performance if they went all out to absolutely maximise it if cost, power use, wafer yield etc didn't matter?
Do you think 50-100%, or maybe even more might be possible? Perhaps we're reaching the point of diminishing returns and it won't improve much more regardless of what resources are thrown at it? I have no idea, just throwing this out there.
EDIT: IPC = Instructions Per Clock.
https://wccftech.com/amds-zen-2-ipc-uplift-will-be-in-the-10-15-range
Today's x86 CPUs are pretty well optimized for IPC with large caches, out of order execution etc. So, how much further do you think Intel or AMD could improve IPC performance if they went all out to absolutely maximise it if cost, power use, wafer yield etc didn't matter?
Do you think 50-100%, or maybe even more might be possible? Perhaps we're reaching the point of diminishing returns and it won't improve much more regardless of what resources are thrown at it? I have no idea, just throwing this out there.
EDIT: IPC = Instructions Per Clock.
https://wccftech.com/amds-zen-2-ipc-uplift-will-be-in-the-10-15-range
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