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."
MIPS and PA-RISC are already dead, PowerPC and Sparc are the next in line. Everyone will be buying commidity x86 hardware in 10 years.
RISC machines once had an impressive performance advantage. Today that is mostly myth. When you see major Unix vendors like IBM, HP and Sun make linux transition plans, you should be seeing the end of Unix "Big-Iron"
-- Conformity is the jailer of freedom and enemy of growth. -JFK
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what does
fp!
mean?
Flush piss?
Oh yeah, try getting docs on the UltraSparc 3
MIPS and PA-RISC are already dead, PowerPC and Sparc are the next in line. Everyone will be buying commidity x86 hardware in 10 years.
RISC machines once had an impressive performance advantage. Today that is mostly myth. When you see major Unix vendors like IBM, HP and Sun make linux transition plans, you should be seeing the end of Unix "Big-Iron"
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and enemy of growth. -JFK