On Aug 22, 2:13 pm, starburst <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> We would like to run our programs (created using the 5.6.1 version of
> Crypto++) on a machine with the Intel core i7 Sandy Bridge processor
> for better performance and speed. Before we decide to go ahead with
> this, we would like to know if the actual software must be changed in
> any way to adapt to this new processor. Are there any functions or
> classes that we can't use or ones that we must use for proper results?
I believe it depends more on the compiler than the processor, but you
should be OK.

Crypto++ has instructions to take advantage of AES-NI on the iX cores.
I believe its lacking code for the latest extensions (I believe they
are called VX extensions), such as the new hardware based RNG.

Jeff

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