#8: CPU wars: Intel vs. AMD vs. ARM

JAN 16, 202064 MIN
Syscast Podcast by Mattias Geniar

#8: CPU wars: Intel vs. AMD vs. ARM

JAN 16, 202064 MIN

Description

<p>In this new episode of Syscast, I talk to <a href="https://twitter.com/j_somers">Jan Somers</a> for a deep-dive into CPUs. We discuss Intel vs. AMD and what the role and future of ARM might be.</p> <p>If you have any feedback, as always, reach out via e-mail at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> or on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/mattiasgeniar">@mattiasgeniar</a>.</p> <h2 id="show-topics">Show topics</h2> <p>In this episode, we discuss:</p> <ul> <li>The inception of Intel &amp; AMD</li> <li>The x86 instructionset</li> <li>Production sizes (nm) and sockets</li> <li>Hyperthreading in Intel and AMD</li> <li>Pipelines: core count vs. clockspeeds</li> <li>Introducing ARM CPU&rsquo;s</li> <li>The ARM CPU doesn&rsquo;t exist (😱)</li> <li>Jan&rsquo;s hardware rabbit holes</li> <li>The future of CPU&rsquo;s</li> </ul> <h2 id="additional-shownotes">Additional shownotes</h2> <ul> <li>Hardware info, news &amp; reviews: <a href="https://www.anandtech.com/">anandtech.com</a></li> <li>Jan&rsquo;s favorite hardware reviewers: <a href="https://twitter.com/iancutress">@iancutress</a></li> <li>Jan on Twitter is <a href="https://twitter.com/j_somers">@j_somers</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="sponsors">Sponsors</h2> <p>This shows is sponsored by my own 2 products (wink, wink):</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://dnsspy.io/">DNS Spy</a>: get notified when your DNS records changed, wanted or unwanted!</li> <li><a href="https://ohdear.app/">Oh Dear</a>: website monitoring with added features like broken links checking, mixed content detection &amp; so much more</li> </ul> <p>Thanks for tuning in!</p>