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Inside the Intel Compiler

Posted by michael on from the better-but-more-expensive dept.

deadfx writes "Linux Journal is carrying an article authored by members of the Intel Compiler Lab examining specific optimizations employed by the compiler that allowed it to beat the gcc compiler on several benchmarks."

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  1. So... by zulux · · Score: 3, Informative

    I hope the fine folks of GCC don't trade one inch of platform independance for a mile of "performance" on an Intel chip.

    The best wat to get better performance out of GCC is to recopile your program - targeted to PowerPC, Alpha, Mips or hell... AMD.

    Screwing with GCC to get better x86 performance is like puting a trubo on a Honda Civic - just buy the damn Corvette.

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