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| Date | 2012-05-04 09:05 +0200 |
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| From | David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.embedded, uk.comp.os.linux |
| Subject | Re: ARM now as powerful as Intel chips |
| References | <kCAor.226075$dO.12759@fx29.am4> <GJ6dnWqFj9Z6ZT_SnZ2dnUVZ_qGdnZ2d@bresnan.com> |
| Message-ID | <zLqdnd7TGpFr4j7SnZ2dnUVZ8h6dnZ2d@lyse.net> (permalink) |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
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.
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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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