float vs double speed

[Phil...]

Does anyone have any data comparing the speed
of java double vs. float operations? According to a
document I found on the Intel site, hardware
support for 64 bit floating point was not added
until the SSE2 Extensions on the Pentium IV and
Xenon processors. I have the el cheapo Intel Celeron.
(It reminds me of being on a diet and eating celery.)

[Wiseguy]

Re: float vs double speed

On the wall of the virtual bathroom stall, "Phil..." <rynes@ieee.org > scratches:[color=blue]
> Does anyone have any data comparing the speed
> of java double vs. float operations? According to a
> document I found on the Intel site, hardware
> support for 64 bit floating point was not added
> until the SSE2 Extensions on the Pentium IV and
> Xenon processors. I have the el cheapo Intel Celeron.
> (It reminds me of being on a diet and eating celery.)[/color]

On 32 bit processors the float will be faster if you assume that your
particular JVM uses native hardware floting point operations. JAVA itself
makes no guarantee that the type is handled by native operations though.

-Wiseguy