cpuid wrapper

[clayasaurus]

Tomas Lindquist Olsen wrote:
> Hi all,
> I've written a simple class that encapsulates the cpuid instruction. It 
> could probably be improved and polished, but I'm fairly happy with it.
> 
> One thing I'm considering is if a static only class would be better, 
> it's not like the info can change dynamically...
> 
> Get it here: http://famolsen.dk/d/cpuid.zip
> 
> The zip contains the cpuid module and a simple test app. Running the 
> test app I get personally get this:
> 
> Vendor string:    AuthenticAMD
> Processor string: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+
> Features:         MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 3DNow! 3DNow!+ MMX+ AMD64 HTT
> Multithreading:   2 threads / 2 cores
> 
> The threading info should work on both Intel and AMD cpus, but I have no 
> way to test the Intel path. Any feedback would be much appreciated.
> 
> Also, I'm considering creating a library with sse/2/3 optimised batch 
> operations for vector operations normalisation etc. Would such a library 
> be of interest to the D community?

I got...

Vendor string:    GenuineIntel
Processor string: Genuine Intel(R) CPU           T2300  @ 1.66GHz
Features:         MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 HTT
Multithreading:   2 threads / 2 cores

Seems to work.

~ Clay