Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 18:13:21 06/30/03
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On June 30, 2003 at 21:11:06, Sune Fischer wrote: >On June 30, 2003 at 20:51:58, Tom Kerrigan wrote: > >>On June 29, 2003 at 16:57:02, Sune Fischer wrote: >> >>>On June 29, 2003 at 16:08:02, Jeremiah Penery wrote: >>> >>> >>>>>Measuring specint for a new chip using a compiler that in effect cripples it, is >>>>>not only incompetent, it's misleading, IMO. >>>> >>>>If it's incompetent to use a compiler that makes faster binaries than another >>>>compiler, then I think you can call everyone incompetent. >>> >>>Well yes, it is. >>> >>>If Carl Lewis has a broken leg, we should postpone the race until he is back in >>>shape, anything else will just be a race with a broken leg. >>> >>>It is however amazing how fast the chip is running, even with it being on >>>crutches. >>> >>>-S. >> >>It is not on crutches. The x86-64 ISA is more or less the same as the x86-32 >>ISA. >> >>-Tom > >Seeing is believing. > >If I'm not mistaken the specint uses Crafty as an integer benchmark, obviously >this is 64-bit *integer*, hence huge difference between 332 abd 64 bit, hence >the whole thing is more or less rediculous. > >-S. What would you suggest? That AMD retract its SPEC submissions and ask vendors not to make SPEC submissions until performance of 64-bit binaries on the Opteron is to your liking? Sure. That'll boost sales. -Tom
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