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Intel Arch Day 2021 – AVX512 gone?

by redshirt on 8/19/21, 8:18 PM with 2 comments

  • by h2odragon on 8/19/21, 8:54 PM

    > What it means is that for the consumer parts we have some extra dark silicon in the design, which ultimately might help thermals, or absorb defects. But it does mean that AVX-512 is probably dead for consumers.

    Is it just me or does this sound mindbogglingly stupid, even for Intel?