This is a general question so I did not list a toolset. Using Keil tools, are there any specific benchmark programs that you would or would not recommend? Al Bradford
Using Keil tools, are there any specific benchmark programs that you would or would not recommend? How could anyone possibly recommend a specific benchmark in answer to such a spectactularly unspecific question? As-is, that question makes about as much sense as "how long is a road?"
I think the question was more than specific for the Keil Tools . We all know the powers of these tools for embedded controls. I don't think of any us would use these tools for programming Nevil-Stokes equations for galatical jets. Also, we would not be interested in Fortran or ADA benchmarks. We will not attempt to use these tools to program the AMD Optron 64 bit CPU. These tools are used to program MCU for bit pushing and boolean logic with some simple math routines. There are a number of synthetic benchmarks on this website such as whetstone, seive, etc. These are not real world tests of compiler/MCU operation. Somewhere there must exist simple benchmarks for the small MCU world. A google will get thousands of hits for SPEC95, EEMC and super CPU tests but I have found no info on the small MCU tests. Now do you have any specific info or just another critique? Bradford
what is a benchmark? I think it is a measure of the performance of a certain unit. Now, the use of a '51 is application specific so the question is how do you benchmark an application specific process. Simple: try it in your application. Erik