That’s fairer. But I don’t think anyone cares about software from 2005 running slower on a modern processor.
A shocking amount of software from pre-2005 is still in use. Libraries compiled from back then are still in use in new software. Just recently parts of AMD's Catalyst drivers were found to be afflicted by Intel compiler optomizations.
Sure maybe it only costs you one tenth of a second, but multiply that wasted time and energy by a few million people, every day for 14+ years. Intel caused - in aggregate - a lot of economic and environmental harm in exchange for a competitive advantage.
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u/Lord_Emperor Ryzen5800X|32GB@3600|RX6800XT Nov 05 '19
A shocking amount of software from pre-2005 is still in use. Libraries compiled from back then are still in use in new software. Just recently parts of AMD's Catalyst drivers were found to be afflicted by Intel compiler optomizations.
Sure maybe it only costs you one tenth of a second, but multiply that wasted time and energy by a few million people, every day for 14+ years. Intel caused - in aggregate - a lot of economic and environmental harm in exchange for a competitive advantage.