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From: "Gary T. Corcoran" <garycorc@idt.net>
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To: Eivind Eklund <perhaps@yes.no>
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Subject: Re: WTB: Pentium Pro 180
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Eivind Eklund wrote:
> 
> [Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@freebsd.org>]
> > > ever consider a new P5 would be to play with MMX.  Since P5 is near
> >
> > Which I'm still waiting to see a Unix application actually benefitting
> > from. :)
> 
> MMX is as far as I can tell usable for two things:
> Fast, simple graphics effects (Photoshop filters and effects in the
>   demo scene)
> Block copying (but I'm not certain this is faster than other types of
>   block copy)

The other area where MMX can make a real difference is in video compression
and decompression (e.g. H.261, H.263, MPEG).  Not that I've seen any
Unix programs actually using it yet - but I'm sure we will in time...

Gary