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| Date | 2012-05-04 11:58 -0600 |
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| From | OldGoat <oats@farmerbrowns.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.embedded, uk.comp.os.linux |
| Subject | Re: ARM now as powerful as Intel chips |
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Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On 5/4/2012 1:05 AM, David Brown wrote: > On 03/05/2012 23:30, OldGoat wrote: >> On 5/3/2012 1:01 PM, 7 wrote: >>> ARM now as powerful as Intel chips >>> ---------------------------------- >>> >>> http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2172329/tsmc-28nm-31ghz-cortex-a9-chip >>> >>> >>> >>> A 3.1GHz dual core ARM is out which probably means it will outperform >>> any Intel CPU where instructions per second bottleneck is a problem. >>> >>> Big news for Linux. >>> >>> These devices ought to bring higher than desktop PC performance >>> to mediocre netbooks and tablets on a low power budget >>> and probably leave you wanting nothing more than beyond that >>> for all your every day office and browsing needs. >>> >>> Since Linux runs on parallel supercomputers, putting 2 or 3 of >>> these ARM chips and getting a parallel Linux distro up and running >>> on a tablet with probably take your tablet beyond where gaming is stuck >>> at with windopws. Any electronics engineer could get this done. >>> >>> Get coding I say! :-) >>> >>> >> But will the arms be data alignment tolerant like the Intels are? >> > > It will probably be as tolerant as x86/amd64 - i.e., misaligned data > works for simple stuff, but at much lower performance, and completely > screws any difficult things like precise ordering for inter-process and > inter-thread communication. > Sounds like the ARM community is making inroads then.
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ARM now as powerful as Intel chips 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2012-05-03 20:01 +0100
Re: ARM now as powerful as Intel chips OldGoat <oats@farmerbrowns.com> - 2012-05-03 15:30 -0600
Re: ARM now as powerful as Intel chips David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2012-05-04 09:05 +0200
Re: ARM now as powerful as Intel chips Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-05-04 13:20 +0000
Re: ARM now as powerful as Intel chips David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2012-05-04 16:09 +0200
Re: ARM now as powerful as Intel chips OldGoat <oats@farmerbrowns.com> - 2012-05-04 12:00 -0600
Re: ARM now as powerful as Intel chips OldGoat <oats@farmerbrowns.com> - 2012-05-04 11:58 -0600
Re: ARM now as powerful as Intel chips Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-05-05 00:45 +0100
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