This is only usefull if you have really, really, much cores. As Intel indeed propagates? And how do those threads handle othe resources? (memory?)
I think this is the far-away future. Intel is only pressing this because they are scared that in a few years they can not improve PC speed as fast as they could before. They have to do/scream something. But time will tell? Joost. Op woensdag 30-07-2008 om 08:05 uur [tijdzone -0700], schreef Boian Mitov: > Hi Joost, > > One option is each assembly instruction in the function to be actually > executed in a separated thread. This is one of the proposals of Intel. Of > course the compiler will have to packs the instructions the same way the > compilers for DSP chips, Transmeta Crusoe, and Itanium processors do that. > They group the assembly instructions in groups to be executed as a single > parallel instruction. Intel proposes the same model, except the instructions > will be sent to separated cores. This way your function will be executed N > times faster. > > With best regards, > Boian Mitov > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mitov Software > http://www.mitov.com > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joost van der Sluis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "FPC developers' list" <fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org> > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 8:01 AM > Subject: Re: [fpc-devel] Russian locale information not compatible with > FPClocale variables > > > > Just to test some ideas/opinions. Could something like this be usefull? > > > > Function DoSomething(const astring : string) : boolean; parallel; > > begin > > .. > > end > > > > So that the 'parallel' keywords means that if you call this procedure, > > it's started in a separate thread. (maybe just a compiler hint, like in > > inline. So that the compiler can decide) > > If you actually use the result somewhat further in you program, the > > compiler detects this and waits for the other thread to finish, before > > it continous. > > > > Ofcourse, of someone uses some globa-vars in an 'parallel' procedure, he > > could be doomed, if he don't know what he does. But maybe the compiler > > can even forbid this. > > > > Would this be usefull at all? Doable? > > > > Joost > > > > _______________________________________________ > > fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org > > http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel > > _______________________________________________ > fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org > http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel > -- _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
