pi-WAM is just like Laika3, the first Dog on Mars (Was: TSMC's 2nm (N2) node and the 7 GHz target)

From	Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.prolog, sci.physics, sci.logic
Subject	pi-WAM is just like Laika3, the first Dog on Mars (Was: TSMC's 2nm (N2) node and the 7 GHz target)
Date	2026-07-15 18:10 +0200
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Hi,

We recently implemented a parallel π-WAM
on a GPU backend and could demonstrate an
estimated 11.4 Giga Lips. In this post we
report a further experiment, this time
presenting a parallel π-WAM on a CPU backend,
that can lift specialized Prolog, currently
to 1.7 Giga Lips performance.

Having an excess number of threads is a
bad idea. What if we do context switching
on our own? With this approach we could
bring down the execution time of 128 Hack
VMs by 33%. We estimate for the test which
had 11.4 GLips on the GPU, that we reach
1.7 GLips on the CPU.

Bye

See also:

Parallel π-WAM: 1.7 Giga Lips on a CPU
https://medium.com/2989/8a984e75af44

Mild Shock schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> TSMC's 2nm (N2) node and the 7 GHz target
> represent a monumental milestone in silicon
> manufacturing, shifting away from legacy
> FinFETs to advanced Gate-All-Around (GAA)
> nanosheet transistors.
> 
> This evolution allows chip designers—particularly
> in the PC and AI sectors—to push processor
> clock speeds previously thought impossible
> on standard nodes
> 
> AMD confirms Zen 6 rollout for its July 22 AI event
> https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-confirms-zen-6-launches-in-less-than-two-weeks-starting-with-epyc-venice 
> 
> 
> Production of the 6th Gen EPYC family is
> already ramping up. AMD says Venice is its
> first high-performance computing product
> manufactured using TSMC’s 2nm process
> technology.
> 
> Bye
> 
> Mild Shock schrieb:
>> Hi,
>>
>> For marketing purposes people
>> typically look at the race towards
>> 2nm, and we find:
>>
>> A month ago, Apple lost its exclusivity
>> on 3 nm smartphone processors with
>> MediaTek’s Dimensity 9400 chip, integrated
>> in the Vivo X200 Pro smartphone. Qualcomm
>> is also in the race with its recently
>> unveiled Snapdragon 8 Elite and set to
>> power the Xiaomi 15 Pro in 2025. However,
>> Apple should regain its position as innovation
>> leader in 2026 with the release of the
>> iPhone 18, which should feature the A20
>> chip built on TSMC’s 2 nm process."
>>
>> But there is a vertical vias revolution
>> going on as well, some SOCs typically
>> being at 18 layers now:
>>
>> Zooming Into a CPU (It's Incredible)
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bez-2cvYja0
>>
>> imec has coined the term CMOS 2.0:
>>
>> LEUVEN (Belgium), MARCH 12th, 2026 — Imec,
>> a world-leading research and innovation hub
>> in advanced semiconductor technologies, has
>> launched a first-of-its-kind consortium with
>> 26 European university groups that will jointly
>> work on the technology roadmap beyond
>> CMOS scaling (CMOS 2.0).
>> https://www.imec-int.com/en/press/imec-launches-university-consortium-around-next-generation-chips 
>>
>>
>> So we might see more mobile grade GPUs.
>>
>> Bye
>

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TSMC's 2nm (N2) node and the 7 GHz target (Re: Creating a "European CMOS 2.0 Army") Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2026-07-14 14:12 +0200
  Re: TSMC's 2nm (N2) node and the 7 GHz target (Re: Creating a "European CMOS 2.0 Army") Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-07-14 16:46 +0000
  pi-WAM is just like Laika3, the first Dog on Mars (Was: TSMC's 2nm (N2) node and the 7 GHz target) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2026-07-15 18:10 +0200
    So memory bandwidth is no issue at all (Re: pi-WAM is just like Laika3, the first Dog on Mars) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2026-07-15 18:37 +0200
      For iGPU which acts as a APU RAM is shared (Re: So memory bandwidth is no issue at all) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2026-07-16 17:09 +0200

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