Reviews of AMD’s Zen 5 processors this week surprised many, with lower-than-expected results. After some investigation, we discovered that turning off Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) can yield notable performance gains, particularly in gaming. This article presents our findings, including comparisons with the 7800X3D and 7700X with SMT turned off.
It’s an easy fix, sure.
But there are 3 manufacturers for them to schedule for. It should be ready way before anything ships.
Copilot and ads taking up development cycles
Actually, yeah, probably. CPU scheduling isn’t the shiny new thing, nor something that gets that sweet, sweet monthly recurring revenue. So, it doesn’t get prioritized.
Microsoft always operates like this. Whatever bullshit management demands for marketing purposes takes the resources away from basic stability and quality improvements. Sometimes this results in quite predictable disaster:
Microsoft Chose Profit Over Security and Left U.S. Government Vulnerable to Russian Hack, Whistleblower Says