Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 22:22:46 +0200 From: Ruslan Shevchenko <Ruslan@Shevchenko.kiev.ua> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what does MMX mean? Message-ID: <34BD1E95.F6503B72@Shevchenko.kiev.ua> References: <199801142355.PAA05051@bubba.whistle.com>
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Archie Cobbs wrote: > What, exactly, does MMX mean? > > Does it mean the processor has NEW instructions for DSP type operations? > Does it speed up EXISTING instructions? Integer or floating point (or both)? > it means adding operations under 4x4 (as I remember, or may be 8x8) matrix of floats. That's all. > Thanks, > -Archie > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com -- @= //RSSH mailto://Ruslan@Shevchenko.Kiev.UA
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