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Re: How many times must Apple make such DRASTIC architecture changes?
- Subject: Re: How many times must Apple make such DRASTIC architecture changes?
- From: Tim Cutts <timc@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
- Date: 11 Jun 2005 09:04:59 +0100 (BST)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.apps
- Organization: Linux Unlimited
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In article <1gxykbw.1h7o2pe1jygz5cN%neillmassello@earthlink.net>,
Neill Massello <neillmassello@earthlink.net> wrote:
>Tim Cutts <timc@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> one reason for Apple's
>> switch, which Jobs alluded to, is that x86's integer performance is
>> blistering (in both Intel and AMD's processors). Way faster than
>> anything else,
>
>I noticed that the power versus performance bar chart Jobs showed during
>the keynote was for integer operations.
>
Absolutely. Integer performance is all that matters for the vast
majority of desktop consumer applications (games might be an exception,
these days).
Tim