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Intel Itanium 2 Benchmarks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the faster-and-faster-she-goes dept.

Pablo writes "Over at VR-Zone we saw some interesting benchmarks of the upcoming Intel Itanium 2 processor codenamed McKinley that is on schedule to be launched during second half of this year. With a faster 3MB on-die L3 cache, 6 instructions/cycle and 6.4GB/s of bandwidth, it is poised to perform at 1.5-2x of the current Itanium processor. There is an overview of how the Intel Itanium 2 at 1Ghz clock frequency will perform against the current Itanium 800Mhz and Sun's Ultra Sparc III RISC processor."

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  1. Compilers by Ted+Maul · · Score: 2, Redundant

    I gather that the Itanium philosophy is to transfer the complexity to the compiler. The question is, how good are the compilers now? At the moment, it looks like a real bastard of a job putting together a decent one for any Itanium series. That VLIW stuff looks like it needs to be spot on every time to get the performance (don't do 3 fp ops in a row).

    When I can run my C++ through an Itanium compiler and have it come out good, then I'll believe it. Benchmarks? Right.

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    The Day Today - Game Warden to the Events Rhino
  2. News? Fluff! by MidKnight · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Ooh! Look at the pretty Intel Marketing fluff piece! All those projected performance numbers that are "Under Embargo Until 12:01 AM EDT, May 29th, 2002". Give me a friggin break. Call me once they actually ship the processor, there's a proven MB/Backplane at a reasonable cost, and there's someone who will support me if/when it breaks.

    On second thought, don't even bother to call me then either. I can currently buy a Sun Enterprise 420R right now. What was the point of the story again?

    --Mid