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IBM Releases Compiler for Power4 and G5

Posted by pudge on from the not-left-handed dept.

davids-world.com writes "IBM offers its optimized XLC compiler not just for Intel CPUs, but also for its own G5 processor (article in German at Heise). Unlike gcc, it is optimized for the G5 and achieves a major boost in speed, as first results show. I guess we will have to compare the new benchmark data (once available) with the data we get with the optimized Intel compiler for Xeon. The compiler is available for download now."

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  1. Re:Here we go again: by stingerman101 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Prove it, the Opteron alone costs $999/ processor and AMD hasn't sold more than 10,000 yet. IBM has already sold more G5's than the Opteron and Itanium combined in less than 1 Month. The Dual G5 is selling for 2699 at educational prices with 512MB of RAM, high-end GPU, SATA, PCI-X, Hyper-transport, AGP Pro 8X...