AR# 1363: Will a Pentium Pro or MMX instruction (P6) speed up Xilinx software?
AR# 1363
Will a Pentium Pro or MMX instruction (P6) speed up Xilinx software?
Description
Will a Pentium Pro or MMX instruction (P6) speed up Xilinx software?
解决方案
Xilinx currently does not have any support for P6-specific code or architecture. Thus, Xilinx data files are not able to utilize specially installed drivers (ie, MMX-enabled drivers). Our current market model is targeted for 486 machines.
The XACT tools do run faster on a 200 MHz P6 than on a 166 MHz P5, a comparison between a 200 MHz P6 and a 200 MHz P5 has not been determined at this time.
In the future, Xilinx may evaluate the feasibility of implementing P6 specific code, pending the availability of a Visual C++ compiler structures its output to automatically take advantage of multiple processors as do the compilers of some workstation vendors.