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AVX instructions

Started by Gunther, July 26, 2012, 10:21:23 PM

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Gunther

I'm interested in the new AVX instruction set. What's the better choice: Intel's Sandy Bridge processors or the AMD Bulldozer?

Gunther
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hutch--

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.

Gunther

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
You have to know the facts before you can distort them.

qWord

Mediamarkt/Saturn ... really not the best choice  :P
I think that all of the current saled i5 and i7 processors support AVX.
MREAL macros - when you need floating point arithmetic while assembling!

Gunther

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
You have to know the facts before you can distort them.