Top "Intel" questions

Can one construct a "good" hash function using CRC32C as a base?

Given that SSE 4.2 (Intel Core i7 & i5 parts) includes a CRC32 instruction, it seems reasonable to investigate whether one …

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Retrieve Intel PCH temperature with Powershell

I'm trying to retrieve the intel PCH temperature with powershell. I cannot find any way to retrieve this temperature using …

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Does intel core i5 belong to the family i686 or x86_64

To which family does intel core i5 processors belong to? x86_64 or i686. I was installing MinGW. I know it …

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Why is the loop instruction slow? Couldn't Intel have implemented it efficiently?

LOOP (Intel ref manual entry) decrements ecx / rcx, and then jumps if non-zero. It's slow, but couldn't Intel have cheaply …

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How can the L1, L2, L3 CPU caches be turned off on modern x86/amd64 chips?

Every modern high-performance CPU of the x86/x86_64 architecture has some hierarchy of data caches: L1, L2, and sometimes L3 (…

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Debian 10 (Buster) slow desktop/GUI

When installing Debian 10 (Buster) the desktop/GUI applications are slow. Opening applications (e.g. Firefox, Terminal,...) takes quite long and …

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