On Tue, 15 May 2007 12:11:11 +0200 Morten Bjørnsvik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > |-----Original Message----- > |From: eshsf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > |> powerPC had some logic which made it possible to crunch two > |32bit numbers simultaineously. > |> resulting is some really impressive openssl performance. > | > |I don't know PowerPC in detail, but is it the one by Altivec(SIMD)? > | > > Yep that was the name of it. Turning slightly opptopic now :-) > > On general computing a 2.8GHz Xeon were approx 1.5times faster than a > 1.2GHz G4 powerbook. But with openssl the result were the opposite. > The laptop were the fastest machine in the office! > > This were also the reason why apple always claimed Photoshop were faster > on mac than on windows. They found the most intensive plugin using > altivec and compared those to windows. It's cool. :) BTW, I found the following pages. it is a very interesting though it is a little old content. The Pentium 4 and the G4e: an Architectural Comparison http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/cpu/p4andg4e.ars Thanks, eshsf -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
