[darkpuppet]

NOS2Go4Me,Jul 13 2005, 01:37 PM Wrote:http://techreport.com/

If this is true, it upsets YEARS of benchmarking tests and results between AMD and Intel. I mean, HOLY CRAP.

I feel very dirty having all Intel servers and workstations in here at the office now, moreso than before.

That's just... wrong. That's like giving two kids bicycles, and then cutting one pedal off one bicycle because you're afraid the kid you don't like will win a race between the two. Worst yet, said race results in revenue and profit for your company if your favourite kid wins.

Sad.
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benchmarks have always been skewed, and yet, AMD still holds up to Intel.

i personally don't really get the BIG deal behind this, because everyone isn't forced to use the Intel compilers... get a better compiler than the crap intel supplies or patch it, and you'll be fine. It's intel branded compiler, so they can do whatever they want with it.

While it's another piece of the puzzle in the antitrust case, this is far from an unusual business tactic.

this has been the case for a LONG time... developers worth their salt usually find these problems and account for it in their development... and that's why nobody notices the problem until they want to do something like fortran with an intel compiler.

just a sec, I'm going to fire up my rs6000 cobol compiler and see if it optimizes code paths for intel...