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Intel Brings AVX10.2 to Desktop Starting with "Nova Lake" Processors
According to X user @InstLatX64, who closely monitors Intel and AMD ISA product changes and updates, Intel is reintroducing expanded AVX functionality to its desktop processors. This time, it appears that the AVX10, along with 512-bit AVX-512, is making a comeback, and we can expect to see it as early as the launch of the "Nova Lake" processor. Initially, Intel removed AVX-512 support from its CPUs due to technical issues with E-cores, which lacked complete support for it. Intel decided to disable AVX-512 for Alder Lake and Raptor Lake client-oriented CPU lineups, meaning that only server-grade Xeon CPUs got the accelerated 512-bit data paths.
For comparison, AMD introduced full AVX-512 support with "Zen 5" cores across its product range, meaning that both desktop and server CPUs experienced a performance boost in optimized applications. This was also the first time AMD didn't emulate 512-bit AVX, which required 512-bit information to be split into two 256-bit data units, only to be processed in two cycles. Now Intel wants to get back in the AVX game on client product portfolio, and the company will again reintroduce its advanced data processing, which will come in handy as more AI models can run locally, and extracting every bit of performance matters more than ever.
https://www.techpowerup.com/339702/intel...processors
According to X user @InstLatX64, who closely monitors Intel and AMD ISA product changes and updates, Intel is reintroducing expanded AVX functionality to its desktop processors. This time, it appears that the AVX10, along with 512-bit AVX-512, is making a comeback, and we can expect to see it as early as the launch of the "Nova Lake" processor. Initially, Intel removed AVX-512 support from its CPUs due to technical issues with E-cores, which lacked complete support for it. Intel decided to disable AVX-512 for Alder Lake and Raptor Lake client-oriented CPU lineups, meaning that only server-grade Xeon CPUs got the accelerated 512-bit data paths.
For comparison, AMD introduced full AVX-512 support with "Zen 5" cores across its product range, meaning that both desktop and server CPUs experienced a performance boost in optimized applications. This was also the first time AMD didn't emulate 512-bit AVX, which required 512-bit information to be split into two 256-bit data units, only to be processed in two cycles. Now Intel wants to get back in the AVX game on client product portfolio, and the company will again reintroduce its advanced data processing, which will come in handy as more AI models can run locally, and extracting every bit of performance matters more than ever.
https://www.techpowerup.com/339702/intel...processors