Comment the reason for AMD combining cores (Score 1) 263
AMD is planning to increase the number of cores on a single chip. I would expect to see hundreds of cores on a single chip a decade from now. The question becomes, how best to allocate cores to different processes. Should each thread just one core? Should the cores run at different speeds and some threads get faster cores than other cores?
From a design standpoint, it is better to run every core at the same speed. It makes design much simpler because every core is the same. The problem then becomes what to do with a thread that needs a faster core. It would be very nice to be able to combine multiple slower running cores to form a virtually fast running core.
From a design standpoint, it is better to run every core at the same speed. It makes design much simpler because every core is the same. The problem then becomes what to do with a thread that needs a faster core. It would be very nice to be able to combine multiple slower running cores to form a virtually fast running core.
