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		fluffything on Aug 20, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ice Lake AVX-512 Downclocking Or just disassemble the binary and grep for avx-512 or avx2 instructions ? Or if SQL server is open source, just go to their github/gitlab/whatever repo, and enter the name of a commonly-used avx512 intrinsic on the search field ?

foota on Aug 20, 2020 [–]

I figured it would be easier to find the specific area by debugging than disassembling, since it's likely easily tens to hundreds of megs.

Also, SQL server is definitely not open source lmao.

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