Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 07:35:09 -0800 From: Rob <rob@pythonemproject.com> To: chat@freebsd.org Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What makes Centrino so fast? Message-ID: <4050872D.90503@pythonemproject.com> In-Reply-To: <200403111155.39591.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <404FAC50.6070603@pythonemproject.com> <200403111155.39591.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 10:31, Rob wrote: > >>I have my own benchmark program that I use for number crunching. >>It uses a mixture of Python and Numeric Python. >> >>Athlon 2166Mhz as reported by OS: 2m38.7s >>Intel Centrino Pentium 1700 Mhz: 2m17s >> >>Is it just compiler optimization at play? > > > Here's an interesting article on it -> > http://arstechnica.com/cpu/004/pentium-m/pentium-m-1.html > > but in short.. better branch prediction, and micro-architecture improvments in > general, and a slightly longer pipeline (for higher clocks vs a PIII) > Great article Dan! Thanks for the pointer. Rob.
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