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Intel c compiler free7/30/2023 ![]() ![]() The icc version used for compiling Astr Omatic packages has been patched to deactivate Intel CPU checks.Using the latest version of the Intel C compiler has one drawback: older x86 processors ( older than Pentium III) are not supported.Therefore most Astr Omatic RPM packages are still compiled with icc. gcc is now at version 4.4, and icc at version 11.1, and… this remains true, in both 32 and 64 bits. As already reported here and here, scientific code compiled with the Intel C compiler ( icc) used to get a “free” 10-30% speed boost compared to code compiled with the Gnu compiler ( gcc), thanks mostly to Intel’s vectorised math routines. ![]()
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