By: Foo_ (foo.delete@this.nomail.com), May 5, 2012 1:21 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
Wilco (Wilco.Dijkstra@ntlworld.com) on 5/5/12 wrote:
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>Linus Torvalds (torvalds@linux-foundation.org) on 5/5/12 wrote:
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>>>According to the above results, the A9 has 31% lower IPC than Bobcat, ie. the improvement
>>>required is 45%. Krait/A15 should get there.
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>>Yeah, because 45% is easy to make up.
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>Well the A15 has ~40% better IPC than A9, giving it the same ballpark IPC as Bobcat.
40% better IPC on which kind of benchmark?
Or is it only theoretical IPC?
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>Linus Torvalds (torvalds@linux-foundation.org) on 5/5/12 wrote:
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>>>
>>>According to the above results, the A9 has 31% lower IPC than Bobcat, ie. the improvement
>>>required is 45%. Krait/A15 should get there.
>>
>>Yeah, because 45% is easy to make up.
>
>Well the A15 has ~40% better IPC than A9, giving it the same ballpark IPC as Bobcat.
40% better IPC on which kind of benchmark?
Or is it only theoretical IPC?



