<div>Hi,</div>
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<div>Intel's new processor core 2 duo (c2d) have been getting pretty good reviews. How well is PETSc performance on the c2d? </div>
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<div>I wonder how much speed improvement will I get if I upgrade from my current Athlon XP <a href="mailto:2400+@2200mhz">2400+@2200mhz</a>. Also the speed improvement over my school's xeon 3.06ghz server.</div>
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<div>Is there any place where I can get or run some benchmark to get a rough comparison?</div>
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<div>Btw, how important is L1/L2 cache impact on PETSc's performance? e.g. 2Mb vs 4 Mb L2 cache different.</div>
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<div>Thank you.</div>