Intel Sabotaged Compiler for AMD

“Intel has designed its compiler purposely to degrade performance when a program is run on an AMD platform. To achieve this, Intel designed the compiler to compile code along several alternate code paths. Some paths are executed when the program runs on an Intel platform and others are executed when the program is operated on a computer with an AMD microprocessor,” the complaint says.

“If the program detects a “Genuine Intel” microprocessor, it executes a fully optimized code path and operates with the maximum efficiency. However, if the program detects an “Authentic AMD” microprocessor, it executes a different code path that will degrade the program’s performance or cause it to crash.”

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“Intel Inside”? sound more like “Evil Inside”. Last time Nvidia also optimized their driver to make it performance well and get high scores on 3dMark ( a graphic benchmark software ). The war just begins, more dirty shit is yet to be revealed.