Re: [iiwusynth-devel] Is this too good to be true?

[Josh Green]

On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 02:56, Stephane Letz wrote:
> >Wow, I just found a message posted to a mailing list that mentioned the
> >following gcc switches:
> >
> >-mmmx -msse -msse2 -m3dnow
> >
> >It appears that these exist for at least gcc 3.2 (well thats the version
> >I have, donno about earlier ones). "man gcc" confirms that these
> >switches enable optimizations for the corresponding technologies. I'm
> >not sure if this is already being taken advantage of with my iiwusynth
> >build, but I have noticed iiwusynth taking very little CPU time.. Cool
> >beans!  Must test more.. Cheers.
> >     Josh Green
> >
> >
> 
> I think we should try the Intel ICC compiler for iiwusynth
> 
> http://developer.intel.com/software/products/compilers/c60l/noncom.htm
> 
> ICC compiler does automatic vectorization, thus allowing C code to be
> compiled using sse sse2 vector instructions.
> 
> 
> Stephane Letz
> 

Sounds interesting. I don't think I have ever heard of a 58mb compiler
though :) Currently beyond my means on a measly modem. Cheers.
        Josh Green