From: Tudor <tudor AT cam DOT org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Loop unrolling: Don't bother
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 19:37:29 -0800
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Paul Derbyshire wrote:
> 
> 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 could stand for MultiMediaXtensions or MakingMicro$softX[...] or
whatever.
MMX adds ~50 instructions to the processor to 'help' you with multimedia
n stuff. Go to iNTEL to read more on it. Of course your programs have to
be compiled using MMX instructions for the thingie to work :)
The only one I know about is Unreal from Epic...it promises real-time
high-color.... 
> --
>     .*.  Where feelings are concerned, answers are rarely simple [GeneDeWeese]
>  -()  <  When I go to the theater, I always go straight to the "bag and mix"
>     `*'  bulk candy section...because variety is the spice of life... [me]
> Paul Derbyshire ao950 AT freenet DOT carleton DOT ca, http://chat.carleton.ca/~pderbysh

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