Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:58:57 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: youshi10@u.washington.edu Cc: Dimitry Andric <dimitry@andric.com>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel C2D COREs not used equally in FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT i386 Message-ID: <86ejkpl572.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0706051533500.27212@hymn09.u.washington.edu> (youshi10@u.washington.edu's message of "Tue\, 5 Jun 2007 15\:33\:50 -0700 \(PDT\)") References: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0706051533500.27212@hymn09.u.washington.edu>
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youshi10@u.washington.edu writes: > On Tue, 5 Jun 2007, Dimitry Andric wrote: > > Please note that the new Core 2 Duo's have "EM64T", as Intel calls it, > > which is functionally equivalent to amd64 (at least mostly :). You can > > run amd64 software on them without modifications. > Yeah, the general playing (architecture specs) field's the same, but > each brand has their own advantages and drawbacks. AMD's advantages are mainly in the server segment (better I/O capacity and memory bandwidth in multi-chip systems), the Intel Core 2 Duo in a single-chip (dual-core) configuration gives very good performance for the money, probably better than the current generation of AMD chips. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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