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> From: Darrell Kindred <dkindred@cmu.edu>
> To: Icepick <icepick@pclink.com>
> Cc: deschall@gatekeeper.megasoft.com
> Subject: Re: the bitslice method
> Date: Thursday, May 29, 1997 10:33 AM
>
> Icepick writes:
> > So this begs the question: "Do the 32-bit clietnts use
> > bit-slicing?"
> >
> > -Josh
>
> Not yet. The benefit of bit-slicing is significantly
> smaller on 32-bit CPUs, since you only have 32 virtual
> processors. It's still often a bit faster than the old
> clients though, so 32-bit bitsliced clients will probably
> appear before long. Note also that my bit-slice DES code
> does better if your processor has a lot of registers, so
> it doesn't do too well on x86 machines.
>
> - Darrell