<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">If I had a non-Intel cpu I would not use an intel compiler though. The "OP" code is specific to that cpu. Does AMD have compilers for Linux?<br><br>I have enough problems with motherboards. <br><br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: "Ingles, Raymond" <Raymond.Ingles@compuware.com><br>To: MDLUG's Main discussion list <mdlug@mdlug.org><br>Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 11:52:51 AM<br>Subject: Re: [mdlug] [Fwd: Re: [opensuse] 64 bit vrs 32 bit advantages speedetc.]<br><br>
> From: David Lane<br>> I keep thinking about how things change with a 64bit Intel based
Linux bow.<br><br>Of course, you also have to look out for sneaky corporations. Intel's
compilers<br>produce deliberately slower code for AMD's 64-bit chips:<br><br> <a href="http://www.swallowtail.org/naughty-intel.html" target="_blank">http://www.swallowtail.org/naughty-intel.html</a><br><br> The other point is that, aside from the larger address space, the
64-bit Intel<br>architecture has 16 general-purpose registers instead of 4 on 32-bit
Intel. Some<br>code likes lots of registers, and that can be a win in those cases.<br><br> Sincerely,<br><br> Ray Ingles (313) 227-2317<br><br> "...as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we<br> should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention<br> of ours; and this we should do freely and generously."<br> - Benjamin Franklin, prolific inventor, on patents<br>The contents of this e-mail are intended for the named addressee only.
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