Re: [Jack-Devel] AMD Bulldozer CPUs, shared FPU and Intel Hyper-threading

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DateWed, 20 Mar 2013 06:56:02 -0400
From Paul Davis <[hidden] at linuxaudiosystems dot com>
ToAllan Klinbail <[hidden] at iinet dot net dot au>
CcNedko Arnaudov <[hidden] at arnaudov dot name>, [hidden] at lists dot jackaudio dot org
In-Reply-ToAllan Klinbail Re: [Jack-Devel] AMD Bulldozer CPUs, shared FPU and Intel Hyper-threading
Follow-Upmichael noble Re: [Jack-Devel] AMD Bulldozer CPUs, shared FPU and Intel Hyper-threading 
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 1:53 AM, Allan Klinbail <[hidden]>wrote:

>
> If AMD can use all 8 cores and not suffer in due to shared fpu (i.e. not
> using 256 bit AVX from how I read this) then the AMD becomes better
> value for money ..
>

AMD has been better value for money pretty much since they started. My
general rule of thumb is that Intel makes the highest performing cores at
most points in time, and AMD makes the ones with the best cost/performance
ratio.

How this applies to bulldozer is still unclear to me.
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