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