[pacman-dev] [PATCH 2/3] Use OpenSSL MD5 crypto functions if available

[Dan McGee]

On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Sebastian Nowicki <sebnow at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thought it might be interesting to compare a 64bit atom (Atom 330,
> dual-core 1.6 GHz). Quite a big improvement with both md5sum and
> openssl.

Atom is the architecture where I noticed the huge disparity as well.
I've seen stuff elsewhere about in-order vs out-of-order being quite a
difference in optimizing for these CPUs.

-Dan