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| From | MitchAlsup <MitchAlsup@aol.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.arch |
| Subject | Re: AMD Bulldozer released... and it sucks |
| Date | 2011-10-13 10:54 -0700 |
| Organization | http://groups.google.com |
| Message-ID | <17013061.1643.1318528483657.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbat14> (permalink) |
| References | <0294e415-0842-448f-ae9e-4484bb845c37@m1g2000vbm.googlegroups.com> |
On Wednesday, October 12, 2011 10:59:43 PM UTC-5, Dan wrote:
> 2. Switching from full custom to automatic synthesis caused them to
> miss clock frequency goals
>
> Current rumors state that AMD switched from their usual full custom
> chip design to a more SoC-like design process (which apparently caused
> a mass exodus of ex-DEC engineers).
AMD never used full custom (at least from 19999 when I got there to 2007 when I left). AMD used a human place auro route scheme that got the better of both full custom and silicon compilation design styles. {Some major large blocks (SRAMs, multiplier trees, adders, register files) were essentially full custom.}
Mitch
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AMD Bulldozer released... and it sucks Dan <dzhang1@gmail.com> - 2011-10-12 20:59 -0700
Re: AMD Bulldozer released... and it sucks "Paul A. Clayton" <paaronclayton@gmail.com> - 2011-10-12 23:49 -0700
Re: AMD Bulldozer released... and it sucks "Paul A. Clayton" <paaronclayton@gmail.com> - 2011-10-14 10:45 -0700
Re: AMD Bulldozer released... and it sucks Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-10-13 09:06 +0200
Re: AMD Bulldozer released... and it sucks MitchAlsup <MitchAlsup@aol.com> - 2011-10-13 10:54 -0700
Re: AMD Bulldozer released... and it sucks "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net> - 2011-10-13 11:05 -0700
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