Quote Originally Posted by informal View Post
To beat Thuban overall,it would need +20% magic dust bios update.Not going to happen I'm afraid. The sad part is that even in single thread SIMD code,the "very powerful 256bit FPU" is failing against K10's (128bit FP) core. Very surprising but true.
Quote Originally Posted by Hans de Vries View Post
Our friend who goes by the name dougsf30/terrace215/chipper/chipdesigner/tatertot/justaview/gloo...
and 100 more names has a history of driving people nuts (and maybe himself as well...)

To recapitulate this thread:

AMD Architects : IPC increases (Anand article commenting on the 2 ALUs an 16KB L1)

terrace215 post: IPC decreases, because of the 2 ALUs..
terrace215 post: IPC decreases, because of the 16KB caches
terrace215 post: IPC decreases, AMD presentation sheet no.X tells us so.
terrace215 post: IPC decreases, AMD presentation sheet no.Y confesses this.

JF-AMD posting: IPC increases!! instead of getting worse.

terrace215 post: IPC decreases, the marketing guy isn't talking about IPC
terrace215 post: IPC decreases, don't trust marketing guys.
terrace215 post: IPC decreases, Bulldozer is only optimized for server workloads.
terrace215 post: IPC decreases, AMD presentation sheet no.Y confesses this.

JF-AMD posting: IPC increases!!!! You are spreading FUD

terrace215 post: IPC decreases, AMD presentation sheet no.X tells us so.
terrace215 post: IPC decreases, The AMD architect says it decreases by 5%
terrace215 post: IPC decreases, because of the 2 ALUs..
terrace215 post: IPC decreases, AMD has given up improving IPC.

JF-AMD posting: IPC increases!!!!!!! How many times did I tell you!!!

forever{
terrace215 post: IPC decreases, because .....
terrace215 post: IPC decreases, says .... of AMD
terrace215 post: IPC decreases, according to AMD's presentation.
terrace215 post: IPC decreases, don't trust marketing guys.
terrace215 post: IPC decreases, because of the 2 ALUs..
terrace215 post: IPC decreases, the marketing guy isn't talking about IPC
terrace215 post: IPC decreases, because of the 16KB caches
terrace215 post: IPC decreases, AMD has given up improving IPC.
terrace215 post: IPC decreases, The AMD architect says it decreases by 5%
terrace215 post: IPC decreases, Bulldozer is only optimized for server workloads.
terrace215 post: IPC decreases, AMD presentation sheet no.X tells us so.
terrace215 post: IPC decreases, The more I post the more it decreases.
terrace215 post: IPC decreases, The more I post the more it decreases.
terrace215 post: IPC decreases, The more I post the more it decreases.
.....}
until (interrupt by Movieman)


Regards, Hans
I'm sure I just posted this a minute ago and it never made it on screen. Anyway, I'll just leave this here.