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bluedino
2931 days ago
Could Intel stick more than one on a single chip?
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tadfisher
2931 days ago
Yes, but so far they have not, instead investing in on-die mesh interconnects for scaling up core count. Here's an opinion piece on the subject:
https://www.anandtech.com/show/12814/a-thought-on-silicon-de...
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CarVac
2931 days ago
Their first dual-core processors were multiple chip modules.
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zeusk
2931 days ago
They however did not have a proper on-die interconnect and instead communicated over the FSB which made them quite bad at scaling.
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