There's no need to align the prefetch pointer.
Whoops, yes you are right. I made a silly mistake in my original test; with that blunder fixed, with your version, there is no difference in running speed (both run in 38 seconds).

Curiously, my version runs in 37 seconds with: 

_mm_prefetch(&bytevecM[(unsigned int)m7 & 0xffffff80], _MM_HINT_T0);
_mm_prefetch(&bytevecM[64+((unsigned int)m7 & 0xffffff80)], _MM_HINT_T
+0);

[download]
versus 40 seconds with: 
_mm_prefetch(&bytevecM[(unsigned int)m7], _MM_HINT_T0);
_mm_prefetch(&bytevecM[(unsigned int)m7 ^ 64], _MM_HINT_T0);

[download]
I have no explanation for that, unless perhaps the prefetcher likes to prefetch in order (?).

Thanks for the other tips. Optimizing for the prefetcher seems to be something of a dark art -- if you know of any cool links on that, please let me know.

In reply to Re^6: The 10**21 Problem (Part 3) by eyepopslikeamosquito
in thread The 10**21 Problem (Part 3) by eyepopslikeamosquito

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.