544: Valid in a Marco Way
Accidental Tech Podcast
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Why Apple Should Consider a Dual Socket CPU for the Mac Pro?
AHA writes: Why doesn't Apple consider using a dual socket CPU designed for the Mac Pro? I know they did this before for power PC. Is it not an easy way to bump performance, especially with thermal headroom? Excuse me. It's not really because, so back in the old days when we had dual socket CPUs, there was an interface between the processors. So the world has moved on from that. What we have now are these chiplet packages,. Even if you have multiple dies on the same package, they're still closer together and more tightly integrated than two socketed ones.
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