Quote Originally Posted by -Boris- View Post
BD has more resources since it can use 2 ALUs and 2 AGUs every clock, Phenom II averages at 1.5 ALUs and 1.5 AGUs since the share pipe. Again, if you can't use it, it isn't a resource. 2+2=4 (3+3)/2=3..
Hans wrote for the K8:
Each Scheduler can launch one ALU and one AGU operation per cycle. The ALU operation may come from one x86 instruction while the AGU operation may come from another.
http://chip-architect.com/news/2003_...it_Core.html#3
That is no 1.5, that is 3 ... maybe u missed the fact, that the MacroOps are splitted into µOps at that stage ?