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Subject: Re: 64 Bit Programs

Author: Roberto Nerici

Date: 01:38:37 07/01/03

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On June 30, 2003 at 03:44:09, Sune Fischer wrote:

>On June 29, 2003 at 23:21:42, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>
>>On June 29, 2003 at 23:00:29, Jay Urbanski wrote:

[snip]

>>>I'm certainly happy to be able to run all my exisiting software faster than any
>>>other processor on the planet can run it.  And Opteron is currently the fastest
>>>shipping processor around for Integer performance, period.  Yeah Itanium II and
>>>Madison are faster in floating point - but they cost several thousand dollars a
>>>pop also.
>>
>>
>>SPECint 2K:
>>
>>Opteron: 1095 (base) / 1170 (peak)
>>P4:      1164 (base) / 1200 (peak)
>>
>>http://www.spec.org/cpu2000/results/res2003q2/cpu2000-20030421-02108.html
>>http://www.spec.org/cpu2000/results/res2003q2/cpu2000-20030422-02135.html
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Eugene
>
>Maybe for clarity it should be added that the Opteron was running 32 bit
>binaries.
>"Opteron" could confuse people into thinking this was a 64-bit test. :)
>
>-S.

Is this Opteron figure really for a 32 bit build? If so then I agree it is
misleading to just quote it without clarification, especially in the context of
this thread. I certainly first read this without realising (ok, maybe I am
easily duped!)

Roberto/.



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