On 12/15/06, Barry deFreese <bddebian@comcast.net> wrote:
Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Barry deFreese, le Thu 14 Dec 2006 21:57:49 -0500, a écrit :
>
>> Samuel Thibault wrote:
>>
>>> Barry deFreese, le Thu 14 Dec 2006 02:03:10 +0000, a écrit :
>>>
>>>
>>>> That is just from running times on a little C program that counts to
>>>> 1000000000, so it's obviously not scientific.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Try compiling something, gnumach for instance ;)
Are counting to 1000000000 and compiling gnumach both very cache
intensive applications? I can't see how the 1000000 example is, and GCC
is mostly sensitive to the cache size, not bandwidth-bound. Try
something where the working set is greater than the cache size and you
might see some results.
Kenneth Østby