We are providing an update to Sandra 2016, RTMa (version 22.15) with various updates and fixes: .Net native Vector support: (floating-point single/double) in latest 4.6 CLR RyuJIT. the CLR automatically uses AVX/SSE2 SIMD as supported by the CPU. (see .Net Vectors (CLR 4.6 RyuJIT) Performance article for more information) CPU … Read more…
What is “Mullins”? “Mullins” (ML) is the next generation A4 “APU” SoC from AMD (v2 2015) replacing the current A4 “Kaveri” (KV) SoC which was AMD’s major foray into tablets/netbooks replacing the older “Brazos” E-Series APUs. While still at a default 15W TDP, it can be “powered down” for lower … Read more…
What is “Mullins”? “Mullins” (ML) is the next generation A4 “APU” SoC from AMD (v2 2015) replacing the current A4 “Kaveri” (KV) SoC which was AMD’s major foray into tablets/netbooks replacing the older “Brazos” E-Series APUs. While still at a default 15W TDP, it can be “powered down” for lower … Read more…
What is CherryTrail (Braswell)? “CherryTrail” (CYT) is the next generation Atom “APU” SoC from Intel (v3 2015) replacing the current Z3000 “BayTrail” (BYT) SoC which was Intel’s major foray into tablets (both Windows & Android). The “desktop” APUs are known as “Braswell” (BRS) while the APUs for other platforms have … Read more…
What is CherryTrail (Braswell)? “CherryTrail” (CYT) is the next generation Atom “APU” SoC from Intel (v3 2015) replacing the current Z3000 “BayTrail” (BYT) SoC which was Intel’s major foray into tablets (both Windows & Android). The “desktop” APUs are known as “Braswell” (BRS) while the APUs for other platforms have … Read more…
What is big.LITTLE? ARM’s big.LITTLE arch made big waves on launch way back in 2011; it was heralded as a great way to combine performance with power: a “big” (computationally powerful but power hungry) core was to be coupled with a “LITTLE” (slow but low-power) core – and switched as … Read more…
What is Mali? What is Exynos? “Mali” is the name of ARM’s own “standard” GPU cores that complement the standard CPU cores (Cortex). Many ARM CPU licensors integrate GPU cores from other vendors in their SoCs, e.g. Imagination, Vivante, Adreno rather than the default Mali. Mali Series 700 is the … Read more…
What is Exynos? “Exynos” is the family of mobile SoCs from Samsung; the CPU cores in the modern versions are Qualcomm’s own “Krait” (though some are standard ARM Cortex cores) while the (GP)GPU core is Qualcomm’s own “Adreno” – unlike competing ARM SoCs which generally contain standard ARM CPU and … Read more…
