Latest Processors Tested Under Linux

An anonymous reader writes "I don't run into reviews featuring Linux much but here's a great review I found posted on Linux Hardware. It features the latest Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 955 and AMD Athlon 64 FX-60. Since both of these are dual-core processors, they also decided to throw in the best single-core CPUs for comparison. This is a great review for Linux folk. It gives a look at what hardware you may want to consider for your next workstation."

Comments

I Know it's Asking Too Much...

[bhima]

But AMD and Intel aren't the only manufacturers with interesting new chips which Linux runs on.

Freescale has the MPC8641D a dual core e600
IBM has their PowerPC 970 dual core
What about Sun's UltraSparc T1?

I'm just really tired of hearing the same old Intel vs. AMD fan boy flame wars.

And what I'd really like to here about is how well the compilers and or OS is actually using these new processor features or are they just being treated like faster 486s.