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A United Front: AMD Signals Future Support for Intel's AVX10 and APX Extensions

In a surprising display of industry-wide cooperation, Robert Hormuth, AMD's Corporate Vice President of Architecture and Strategy, recently highlighted the positive progress of the x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group. He noted that the level of collaboration among participants, including fierce competitors like AMD and Intel, has been unexpectedly good, paving the way for significant advancements in the x86 architecture.

The advisory group has successfully reached a consensus on several key architectural decisions poised to benefit the entire x86 ecosystem. Among the most notable agreements are the adoption of Intel's proposed FRED (Flexible Return and Event Delivery) specification, the AVX10 vector instruction set extension, and the APX general-purpose instruction set extension.

According to Robert Hormuth, the AVX10 and APX extensions are particularly significant as they are designed to enhance processor throughput. Crucially, they also maintain code portability across a wide range of processor types, from client and workstation systems to servers. This statement strongly implies that future AMD processors are on track to support both the AVX10 and APX extensions, marking a major step towards a more unified instruction set architecture.

The open communication fostered by the group has also brought previously overlooked issues to the forefront. Hormuth mentioned that cloud service providers, for instance, emphasized the critical role of memory tagging features in protecting production workloads—a point that had not been given sufficient weight in the past. This highlights the value of bringing diverse ecosystem partners to the table.

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