AMD Alleges Intel Compilers Create Slower AMD Code

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday July 12, 2005 @03:39AM from the getting-a-little-spicier dept.

edxwelch writes "In AMD's recient anti-trust lawsuit AMD have examined the Intel compiler and found that it deliberatly runs code slower when it detects that the processor is an AMD. "To achieve this, Intel designed the compiler to compile code along several alternate code paths. ... By design, the code paths were not created equally. If the program detects a "Genuine Intel" microprocessor, it executes a fully optimized code path and operates with the maximum efficiency. However, if the program detects an "Authentic AMD" microprocessor, it executes a different code path that will degrade the program's performance or cause it to crash.""

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Re:"Deliberatly"? Learn to spell! by homeslice3 · 2005-07-12 06:22 · Score: 0, Offtopic

It's "small penis". People who are good spellers scream out "Warning: I never get laid, I'm an uptight asshole and I like to correct others. Oh, and I have a small penis". Editors, this goes for you too.
Re:Regulators Raid Intel Offices by krgallagher · 2005-07-12 06:31 · Score: 0, Offtopic

"And the men who hold high places Must be the ones to start To mould a new reality Closer to the heart"
Rush 2112 rocks!

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Re:Regulators Raid Intel Offices by theshowmecanuck · 2005-07-12 09:39 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Sorry, I was looking at the use of it in your quote of the parent post. Oops. :-(

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