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ultra-modern x86_64 cpus (Miscellaneous)

posted by marcov, 17.04.2020, 12:02

> Someone actually brought up the idea of requiring AVX2 as minimum, which
> didn't go over well. That doesn't mean requirements won't change, but it
> probably won't be that (yet). Especially since, apparently, Intel still
> doesn't include AVX on anything low-end (Celeron or Pentium), only Xeon and
> similar.

The Core2 generations are slowly getting extinct (and it will probably at least another year before a release with this change), but it would kill off quite usable Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge machines.

My own personal workstation and laptop are Ivy Bridge, though I have a newer replacement for the workstation (a Ryzen 2600)

> Apparently, GCC's FMV (function
> multi-versioning) was improved in GCC 6 (vs. 4.8). Haven't tried it,
> somewhat doubt it works fully with DJGPP, but who knows.

As a concept it is nice. But in these cases, troublefree introduction is everything. The whole gcc_s attempt was also a support nightmare.

Complete thread:

• modern 64-bit cpus - Rugxulo, 21.02.2020, 11:40 (Miscellaneous)
  • modern 64-bit cpus - marcov, 22.02.2020, 19:31
    • modern 64-bit cpus - Rugxulo, 23.02.2020, 02:10
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        • modern 64-bit cpus - Rugxulo, 24.02.2020, 00:11
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            • modern 64-bit cpus - Rugxulo, 26.02.2020, 03:54
              • modern 64-bit cpus - marcov, 26.02.2020, 18:11
                • modern 64-bit cpus - Rugxulo, 27.02.2020, 12:13
                  • modern 64-bit cpus - marcov, 27.02.2020, 21:44
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                          • programming language comparison - marcov, 04.03.2020, 11:02
                            • Minix - Rugxulo, 05.03.2020, 00:12
                • nested procedures - Rugxulo, 03.03.2020, 06:05
                  • nested procedures - marcov, 03.03.2020, 10:16
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                        • ultra-modern x86_64 cpus - Rugxulo, 31.03.2020, 20:29
                          • ultra-modern x86_64 cpus - marcov, 17.04.2020, 12:02
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