The major changes coming to next-gen Intel CPUs
While Intel is undergoing a major shakeup in its manufacturing strategy, the company has been in the midst of other major changes for how it makes CPUs. For the past few years, the company has been revealing new methods and approaches for designing and manufacturing processors. This includes incorporating different kinds of cores in a single processor, moving to tile-based chip designs and using new packaging technologies for bringing all the components together. Pat Gelsinger, the company veteran who became Intel’s CEO in February, underlined the importance of these new approaches in helpi...