> It compiles MAME about a minute faster than my M3 Max (7 minutes for a clean full
> build with tools vs. 8 on my M3 Max), which is what I'm happiest about, but running
> it really well is great too of course :-) Also Vas is continuing to tune the DRC for
> both x64 and ARM so there should be small improvements in the heavier games in 0.282
> again.
A 13% saved in compile time is huge for development, I can understand why you're happy with that.
Great to hear Vas is working on squeezing more performance out of the DRC. Any gains on the software side of the performance equation is only going to be multiplied by gains on the hardware side.
> I'm also happy at the recent rumors that Zen 7 is going to still be Socket AM5, so
> there's potentially a nice upgrade path all the way through 2028 with just replacing
> the CPU and maybe RAM. Zen 6 next year will bump the cores per CCD so the Ryzen 9
> parts are 24 core instead of 16, and the X3D Zen 6 parts are rumored to all have
> V-Cache on both CCDs.
I always take rumors with a small boulder sized grain of salt, AMD has been very good to the AM4 motherboard owner, and I expect a lengthy future for AM5.
The Rumors around ZEN 6 getting an IO die shrink with a much-needed memory controller refresh, make me hopeful for fast DDR5 support and the more recent rumors that IO die and CCDs will be more tightly connected with an interconnect similar to that used on Strix Halo to connect the APU die to memory dies could be a game changer for latency. Which could really bring some nice performance gains.
But we will just have to wait to see what the future brings.
If all else fails, Burn the manual.
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