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05 Aug 2007
GCC Autovectorization and EEMBC
EDN has an in-depth technical article, co-written by EEMBC and IBM, about autovectorization in GCC (by which the compiler automatically exploits vector processing like Altivec). EEMBC (the Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium) results clearly show the benefits: on 970FX, GCC with autovectorization beat Green Hills' compiler by 153%.
Read more at www.edn.com...