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Miscellaneous => Hardware & Software Corner => Topic started by: Gunther on July 26, 2012, 10:21:23 PM

Title: AVX instructions
Post by: Gunther on July 26, 2012, 10:21:23 PM
I'm interested in the new AVX instruction set. What's the better choice: Intel's Sandy Bridge processors or the AMD Bulldozer?

Gunther
Title: Re: AVX instructions
Post by: hutch-- on July 26, 2012, 10:51:52 PM
Gunther,

If you want the code you design with it to have a future, go Intel as you can be sure they will not support anything that AMD introduce.
Title: Re: AVX instructions
Post by: Gunther on July 27, 2012, 01:05:45 AM
Steve,

Quote from: hutch-- on July 26, 2012, 10:51:52 PM
If you want the code you design with it to have a future, go Intel as you can be sure they will not support anything that AMD introduce.

that was my impression, too. The question is: a few days ago, I was in large computer store (Saturn). There is a huge chaos in Intel's processor name scheme. Which CPU supports AVX, which not. And the salesman had no clue.

Gunther
Title: Re: AVX instructions
Post by: qWord on July 27, 2012, 01:11:20 AM
Mediamarkt/Saturn ... really not the best choice  :P
I think that all of the current saled i5 and i7 processors support AVX.
Title: Re: AVX instructions
Post by: Gunther on July 27, 2012, 02:15:31 AM
Hi qWord,

Quote from: qWord on July 27, 2012, 01:11:20 AM
Mediamarkt/Saturn ... really not the best choice  :P

yes, it was for information, only.

Gunther