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Two pictures of Intel CPUs seem unnecessary to me

Latest comment: 2 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

I'd like to hear others' opinions before I remove one. Digital27 (talk) 08:02, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

I'm not sure if you mean in the lead, but if you do, I don't think either should be removed. One shows the outside and the other the inside, both of which are interesting. It doesn't matter that much that they're Intel -- it's just the Commons has. Intel isn't exactly marketing on Wikipedia or anything. Mrfoogles (talk) 00:28, 27 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Boxed and Tray?

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

It seems it's only an Intel thing, but it's very relevant with the recent f** up. At least for Intel it seems it's an important distinction. I think it should be covered. I personally don't have a clue about it. 46.188.177.176 (talk) 16:32, 12 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

link to SIMD considered harmful

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_processing_unit#Data_parallelism suggest linking to article, see Vector processing as it is a useful citation. Lkcl (talk) 16:52, 15 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

Image

Latest comment: 9 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

We have two Intels in the lede currently, with one of them being a product still being sold. Maybe replace the Raptor Lake photo with something more old and classic, e.g., PowerPC / Athlon64? 海盐沙冰 _{/ aka irisChronomia / Talk / Uploads} 03:35, 15 September 2026 (UTC)Reply