Nate Begeman (nbegeman@umich.edu) on 6/21/03 wrote:
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>I couldn't find the post here that mentioned something about Intel usually rolling
>out new compilers with new hardware to maximize their bang-for-the-buck or something
>along those lines, so I'll just put this here...
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>According to the gcc developer list, there are prerelease verisons of ICC 8.0 around,
>so it is plausible that they might ship soon with improved IPF code generation.
>Then again, maybe they won't. Something to look forward to.

I'd also keep my eye on HP's compiler. Back in the days of the great horse race
between Alpha and PA-RISC in the mid-90s (and nary an x86 to be seen on the
performance radar screen) it seemed every time Alpha was posed to pull ahead
decisively from a new speed grade that the HP compiler guys were there with a
new release to keep things close.