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Subject: Re: Extracting bits from a BitBoard...

Author: Jeremiah Penery

Date: 20:27:19 11/17/02

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On November 17, 2002 at 18:47:42, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>The bit scan instructions in the X86 architecture are the fastest way to
>find a one bit.  BSF/BSR are the instructions...

How many cycles does it take without those instructions?  On the P2/P3/P4(?)
those are like 1 cycle operations, but they are very slow (12 cycle latency or
something) on Athlons.  If there is a reasonably fast alternative, it might
improve Athlon performance some.



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