Quote Originally Posted by Motiv View Post
Does visual studio use Intels compiler? Does intels compiler not compile specific AMD instructions ever? How about Linux compilers? What about C# or Java, surely they don't care about Intels change, with respect to AMDs, and compile Just in Time to make use of AMDs instruction set.

Seems the article is trying valiantly to make out Bulldozer was garbage due to Intel making changes to their compiler. Which of course is Garbage.
well the intel compiler does not really matter anymore (back in the a64 days, i believe most were using the intel compiler) for a number of reasons. bulldozer does better than the intel parts with the right software....so that part is true. but most people use the vs compiler, and all other compilers are cpu neutral.