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RE: IA64 When?
- From: "Duraid Madina" <duraid at fl dot net dot au>
- To: <c-areedy at erols dot com>, <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 06:41:13 +1100
- Subject: RE: IA64 When?
> 1. Am I correct in my interpretation that GCC's IA-64
> performance has a long way to go?
Yes.
> 2. What hard numbers exist regarding GCC's IA-64 performance,
> e.g. Spec numbers done using GCC?
Don't know about SPEC, but my codes run anywhere from 'about the same
speed' to about a third the speed of the Intel compiler. I suspect
SPECint wouldn't be too far from this.
> 3. How are things progressing in terms of the projects for
> improving IA-64 performance?
They won't progress, at least not in any serious way until either a
Corporation decides to invest heavily in GCC or IA-64 boxes become cheap
enough that your average GCC hacker has one.
> 4. (The $64,000 question): Would anyone care to hazard a
> guess as to how much better things are likely to be a year
> from now? Two years?
The hardware will be a lot better, the prices will be a fair bit lower,
and the Intel (linux) compiler will probably still be free. What is it
you want GCC for anyway?
If it's the 'gcc front end' you need, have you seen the 'Open Research
Compiler' http://ipf-orc.sourceforge.net ? It may well be pretty decent
in a year or two.
Duraid