To:	ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA
Cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Loop unrolling: Don't bother -off topic
Message-ID:	<19970303.162642.7191.1.fwec@juno.com>
References:	<5f5knj$cho AT freenet-news DOT carleton DOT ca>
From:	fwec AT juno DOT com (Mark T Logan)
Date:	Mon, 03 Mar 1997 16:30:10 EST

On 3 Mar 1997 04:40:49 GMT ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
writes:
>
>Benjamin D Chambers (chambersb AT juno DOT com) writes:
>
>[MMX this, MMX that]
>
>What the hell is MMX?
>
>I've even seen it in some computer ads. "Pentium 166 with MMX" &c

MMX is simply a pentium with several new string instructions for improved
multimedia capability.  It also runs 10-20% faster than a normal pentium.

-Fwec

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