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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. Re:Gee by joshjs · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Hell, I'll buy Transmeta. Sure, I'll have to go without food for...say...twenty minutes or so, but... =^)

  2. Kernel by Old+Wolf · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Why don't they use ANSI C for the kernel?

  3. Optimized distribution? by Adam+Wiggins · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I wonder, would we see noticable speed increases if a major Linux distribution (say, Mandrake) were to build all of their binary packages using the Intel compiler? The usefulness of this compiler for the average Linux user seems questionable given that all distros come with a perfectly wonderful compiler (gcc), but a use like this seems like a shoe-in.

    Assuming, of course, that you would actually see any speed up. I wonder if any distro maintainers have bought the compiler and are rebuilding their binaries to compare execution speed, load times, and binary size?