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Intel's New Compiler Boosts Transmeta's Crusoe

Posted by timothy on from the take-that-archenemy dept.

Bram Stolk writes: "Intel recently released its new C++ compiler for linux. I've been testing it on my TM5600 Crusoe. Ironically, it turns out that Transmeta's arch nemesis, Intel, provides the tools to really unlock Crusoe's full potential on linux." It doesn't support all of gcc's extensions, so Intel's compiler can't compile the Linux kernel yet, but choice is nice.

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  1. How long until Intel changes the compiler? by nizo · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Ironically, it turns out that Transmeta's arch nemesis, Intel, provides the tools to really unlock Crusoe's full potential on linux.


    Any bets on which of the next versions will spew an error about "incompatible architecture" when used on non-Intel hardware?

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  2. Re:Without the kernel, what good is it? by geomcbay · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    How much time does the CPU spend running kernel code as opposed to user-land app code? Virtually none. Idiot.

  3. You still don't get it by smileyy · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    Crusoe does cool things because it runtime optimizes the code that it is morphing. If you were to run crusoe code natively, you'd no longer get the optimization benefits, and all you'd be left with is an even slower low-power chip.

    Theoretically, you could write a Crusoe-to-Crusoe code morphing module, but that wouldn't buy you anything more than the X86-to-Crusoe morpher.

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