testeronious@lemmy.world to Hardware@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoIndustry group invalidates 2,600 official Intel CPU benchmarks — SPEC says the company's compiler used unfair optimizations to boost performancewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down12
arrow-up1150arrow-down1external-linkIndustry group invalidates 2,600 official Intel CPU benchmarks — SPEC says the company's compiler used unfair optimizations to boost performancewww.tomshardware.comtesteronious@lemmy.world to Hardware@lemmy.ml · 9 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squarerem26_art@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up23·9 months agoisn’t this basically what Volkswagen did with their Diesel engines to make their emissions look better?
minus-squareMiltownClowns@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·9 months agoVW had a trigger in their software that would make the engines more efficient if they sensed they were being tested. Chip speed isnt indepedently tested so Intel just rigged the test.
minus-squareMadMadBunny@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoYup, exactly what I thought seeing the title; they pulled a VW…
isn’t this basically what Volkswagen did with their Diesel engines to make their emissions look better?
VW had a trigger in their software that would make the engines more efficient if they sensed they were being tested. Chip speed isnt indepedently tested so Intel just rigged the test.
Yup, exactly what I thought seeing the title; they pulled a VW…