LSB1.1: /proc/cpuinfo

Wichmann, Mats D mats.d.wichmann at intel.com
Fri Jan 4 09:00:36 PST 2002


> What do apps actually care about
> 	-	MMX
> 	-	Athlon MMX2
> 	-	SSE
> 	-	SSE2
> and occasionally
> 	-	CPU vendor
> 	-	CPU model
> 
> Not rocket science

And CPU speed, plus #CPUs.

Although it's probably anathema to mention it,
some of these criteria are used to determine
licensing thingies in some circles, as in
"price depends on raw power of the machine".

 




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