Re: Pentium-M?

From: Zwane Mwaikambo
Date: Sat Aug 23 2003 - 13:37:10 EST


On Sat, 23 Aug 2003, Barry K. Nathan wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 09:03:17AM -0400, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> > That's interesting, intel compiler recommends P4 type optimisations,
> > also worth noting that the P-M has hardware prefetch.
>
> I'm pretty sure the "Tualatin" Pentium III's also have hardware prefetch.
> So it's not something specific to the P4 or P-M.

Someone else (in concordance with Mikael) also pointed out that the
cacheline size is also the same as the PIII and not P4. So it's best
going for PIII optimisations. It's best ignoring my previous comment then.

Thanks,
Zwane

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