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Gunther

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AVX instructions
« 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?

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Re: AVX instructions
« Reply #1 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.
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Re: AVX instructions
« Reply #2 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.

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Re: AVX instructions
« Reply #3 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.
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Re: AVX instructions
« Reply #4 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.

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