Re: [linux-audio-dev] crusoe ll problems

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] crusoe ll problems
From: Taybin Rutkin (trutkin_AT_physics.clarku.edu)
Date: Fri Feb 21 2003 - 16:07:04 EET


On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Martijn Sipkema wrote:

> In slide 5/6 three different processors are compared and the 400 MHz
> Transmeta Crusoe is said to have a 1000 us interrupt latency whereas
> a 600 MHz Intel Celeron processor has a 80 us interrupts latency,
> both running BeIA/BeOS. This is probably related to code morphing.
> Maybe more recent Crusoes aren't affected.

I would think that Crusoes would inheiritly have greater latency than
traditional x86 CPUs. After all, important parts of the CPU are done in
software. It's almost like using an emulator.

Taybin


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