EDN - January 20, 2005

Benchmarks for comparing the relative performance between processor alternatives are strictly design-productivity tools. They do not, by themselves, make a technical challenge solvable, but they can reduce the amount of time it takes a developer to choose a processor for a project. That is, in an ideal world, standard benchmarks would provide developers with a way to quickly and accurately comp...

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