Linus Torvalds switched from Intel to AMD on his main system

В announcement Linux Kernel 5.7-rc7 pre-release after general patch review Linus Torvalds said his biggest improvement of the week was the main workstation upgrade. For the first time in 15 years, a non-Intel processor is running on his system. CPU installed in new configuration AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970x with 32 cores (64 threads) and a total built-in cache of 146MB (2MB L1 + 16MB L2 + 128MB L3). By comparison, Intel workstation processors offer up to 18 CPU cores. It is noted that on the new system, the assembly in the 'allmodconfig' mode began to run three times faster than on the previous system.

Source: opennet.ru

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