Subj : Re: Memory visibility and MS Interlocked instructions
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Sean Kelly
Date : Mon Aug 29 2005 09:24 am

Joe Seigh wrote:
>
> This being the case, I don't think anyone at Intel would find themselves bound to
> an unofficial memory model from the 90's when the official one would yield
> significantly better performance.

I don't know that they have a choice.  If they changed the
implementation in a way that  effected a visible change in program
behavior it would break a massive amount of code.  I assume that were
something like this to happen it would be via an optional processing
model.


Sean

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