Advanced 72-bit processor design
Advanced 72-bit processor design
It seems you're expressing a strong opinion about Intel's future plans. If they shift to 72-bit server architecture soon, I'd agree with your assessment.
I'm actually 16 years old. My father is an engineer at Raytheon and his father was an engineer at IBM. (Funny how that works, huh?). I took classes at University High (AZ) in computer engineering, so that helped a lot too. A lot of it really, is just taking things apart, studying them, realizing they're way too small to study, and then reading almost every documentation I could find and testing it. Well, if I'm going to be delusional, I guess fantastically is the best way to be
Someone new to engineering can now build architecture easily... What inspired your approach? What modifications did you make and why? I’d appreciate seeing technical details or a diagram of your design. How did you verify its performance? You mentioned having the Cadence license for $10k per year—thank you for sharing that. Please let me know if I have any concerns.
I know why you're hesitant. My original design was tailored for amd64, which is common today. Eventually, I hit a limit when trying to run 72-bit code based on amd64 after exceeding 37k transistors—it just didn't perform well. So I explored ARM processors that support x86, finding more potential for growth. I decided to go with it, even though it means adapting my approach. Most of the changes were significant; I had to introduce many new paths and even modify the core architecture. Since I'm not a technical expert, this process was quite challenging.
Is it the software or the hardware that's driving it? At this stage, nothing tangible exists, and the only thing built is a basic simulation.