| From: | mef |
| Date: | 1 Sep 2000 at 19:41:28 |
| Subject: | RE: AMIOPEN: has anyone run SPEC benchmark using VP? |
Matthew (and everyone else interested in benchmarking)...
It just occurred to me that another way to evaluate how well the VP
compiler/translator does versus compiling natively is the Dhrystone 2.1
benchmark. (Note to the cynics: the Dhrystone benchmark isn't really used
anymore to compare different processors, because it has a small memory
footprint and does silly things like strcpy/strcmp. However, people in the
embedded industry still use it, because there currently isn't anything much
better.)
Go to any of your favorite search engines and you'll find references to its
source code all over the place. The porting effort primarily would be to
add timing support (presumably using the Amiga SDKs microtimer), so that it
can measure Dhrystone MIPS. In fact, most versions of the Dhrystone
benchmark already have support for the old Amiga. :)
The end comparison would be to see how well the Dhrystone benchmark runs on
the Amiga SDK versus natively on your linux box.
Cheers,
Marc
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Marc Fiuczynski
>Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 4:31 PM
>To: open@amiga.com
>Subject: RE: AMIOPEN: has anyone run SPEC benchmark using VP?
>
>
>The URL is www.spec.org. Unfortunately, this particular
>benchmark isn't
>free. In fact is costs anywhere from $300 - $600. It is, however, the
>benchmark that all processor manufacturers use to determine a relative
>performance rating. Luckily, my University has a copy of this
>benchmark.
>I'll get to it when I have more time.
>
>Cheers,
>Marc
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Matthew J Fletcher [mailto:amimjf@connectfree.co.uk]
>>Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 1:33 PM
>>To: open@amiga.com
>>Subject: RE: AMIOPEN: has anyone run SPEC benchmark using VP?
>>
>>
>>Hi,.
>>
>>
>>> >Nothing or noone prevents you from porting any benchmarks, anyway.
>>>
>>> I am a lazy boy. Can someone else do it please. :) No,
>>honestly, I'll get
>>> to this sometime in October or November (after I finish
>writing up my
>>> dissertation). However, if someone feels the urge, they
>>should go for it.
>>
>>URL`s ??
>>
>>If its nothing to involved (like asm), or threads.
>>
>>regards,
>>
>>---
>>Matthew J Fletcher amimjf@connectfree.co.uk
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