Article 3TSV9 GCC 8 Hasn't Been Performing As Fast As It Should For Skylake With "-march=native"

GCC 8 Hasn't Been Performing As Fast As It Should For Skylake With "-march=native"

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It turns out that when using GCC 8 since April (or GCC 9 development code) if running on Intel Skylake (or newer architectures like the yet-to-be-out Cannonlake or Icelake) and compile your code with the "-march=native" flag for what should tune for your CPU microarchitecture's full capabilities, that hasn't entirely been the case. A fix is en route that can correct the performance by as much as 60%...
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