How do I know which Intel processor is right for my computer?

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Can I upgrade my current Intel processor to a newer model?

Yes, in most cases you can upgrade your Intel processor by replacing it with a newer model that is compatible with your computer's motherboard. However, it is always recommended to consult a professional or refer to the manufacturer's guidelines before attempting an upgrade.

What is the difference between an Intel processor and a standard processor?

Intel processors have advanced technology and faster speed, making them more efficient for computing tasks compared to standard processors.

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what a load of crap lmao. as someone whos been there on both sides (and hes even wrong on the location of the “sides”), he couldnt be as far from the truth. 1. its not haifa vs austin, its much more convoluted than that 2. significantly wrong about the timelines here, not even close 3. keller was effectively absent and didnt steer the ship in any meaningful direction, so again - load of crap and speculative gossip
Going to end up being a Pentium 4 vs Pentium M situation again.
It would be funny if the E-Cores end up being more area efficient, energy efficient and performant than the P-Cores before Royal Core happens.
So Nova Lake has the Royal Core design? Still seems a stretch to believe including 15% single core boost for PTL.

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Intel guarentees 16GB of ram but more is dependent on whether the boards bios allows it and the board is wired for it (# of address lines). There are plenty of instances of n100 (and similar) users with 32 and 48GB working. 64 will work once single dimm chips at that capacity are available. Intel could choose to release a microcode update later limiting the chip to that spec but I don't think that is likely. btw inband ECC also works on these chips even though it's not in spec. the latest BIOS for the ODROID H4 boards allow it for example on n97 and n305.
Seems either totally wrong and/or applying extremely old concepts to modern platforms. In the old days (About 30 years ago), you had something called "Tag RAM". The amount of cacheable RAM depended on both Chipset support and Tag RAM size: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=64332 There was a huge performance difference between RAM on cached regions and RAM in uncached ones, so it was not a great idea to add RAM that could be addressed but not cached. However, this concept is pretty much obsolete, and I don't recall finding mentions Tag RAM about that after 2000. I think Pentium 2 was one of the last ones were this was reelevant: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overclocking-special,94-2.html No idea what would be the equivalent to Tag RAM nowadays, since I never heared again about RAM that can be installed but not cached. In modern platforms, Intel Ark usually tells you the maximum memory supported AT THE MOMENT OF PROCESSOR RELEASE and Intel doesn't even bothers to update that after bigger module capacities comes out. This is your scenario and it has been like so for more than a decade: https://www.os2museum.com/wp/nehalem-and-4-gbit-ddr3/ If the Memory Controller doesn't supports the RAM installed (Lack of the Bus lines to address it), you don't actually see it if the MC can't address it. IIRC, this was the case back with Intel LGA 775 platforms where I think than installing more RAM than some early Chipsets could address was possible. You would have to go into datasheets to get actual DRAM limitations in a more technical way based on DRAM chips geometry, like this: https://www.os2museum.com/wp/ddr2-4gb-dimms/ Also, is the Firmware the one that generates the Memory Map that tells what addresses are populated and thus where the RAM is at, not Windows. You can have scenarios where the Firmware can't handle bigger installed RAM sizes (Even if the Hardware side supports it), which can cause Windows to BSOD on boot: https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2019/04/adventures-of-putting-16-gb-of-ram-in-a-motherboard-that-doesnt-support-it/
Its not because you can do it, that it will work reliably. I have a NAS were the official specs say it can support up to 8GB ram. But it detects 16GB just fine... but im not risking it. Specs are there for a reason. You can put tires rated for 160km/h max under a racecar and sometimes drive faster than 200km/h... but dont besurprised when they suddenly get destroyed.

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The W-2135 is Skylake-SP and so lacks the 512 bit fp16 instructions added in Cascade lake. That halves it's flops, at least for fp16. I'm practice almost nothing uses fp16 so there's little real world difference. Which is too bad because it can be very fast, but the software tools are a mess and hardware support is very limited.
The numbers are calculated using formulas created by the government and use Intel's datasheets, it's not based on running an actual benchmark. The disparity in numbers is more likely just down to an oddity in something like the weighting factor in the formula changing between the two processors.

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