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Sophie Wilson - The Future of Microprocessors

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Computer architecture & CPUsSemiconductors & chip manufacturing

What it is

Sophie Wilson, designer of the ARM instruction set, discusses the future of microprocessors, including the economics of scaling below 28nm and why much of a chip must stay powered off.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters cite it for the claim that process scaling beyond 28nm is uneconomic and for dark silicon.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “Highly recommend watching this video”

    Explains why most of a chip is powered off.

    dkarapetyan, 2016-12 · Recommendation · in “This AI Boom Will Also Bust”

  2. “Sophie Wilson talks about it much better then i could.”

    Explains cost of going below 14nm.

    gens, 2017-05 · Recommendation · in “The Race to 10/7nm”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: sophie wilson, arm, moore's law, dark silicon, chip economics

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