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An application being cache-unfriendly doesn't imply that it will be bandwidth-bound. If the application reads single words from random locations it will be cache-unfriendly and latency-bound. If it reads 1K contiguous bytes from random locations it will be cache-unfriendly and possibly bandwidth-bound. If it scans the entire memory space sufficiently quickly it may be both cache-friendly and still bandwidth-bound.

I can't speak for the server market, but I'm certain that the high-end desktop market is composed primarily of people who do run top-of-the-line specs just for fun.

parent E6300 9 years ago

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