Re: MMX-upgrading

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From: Ralf Niederhuefner
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 00:00

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egg123 <egg123@prodigy.net> wrote:

>> one drawback of the MMX is that the MMX function of the CPU cannot be
>> used at the same time of the floating point unit. So any of your
>
>Yes, but don't you think that the software developer's making new MMX
>software, are also aware of this, and would program differently because
>of it.

funny idea. so if the programmers have to optimize the software for
MMX, what do we need this chip for ???
Optimized machine-code WITHOUT MMX is much faster than working
around this MMX/FPU problem.
But who cares, it's Intel who told us to buy it !

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From: ralf@prolink.de (Ralf Niederhuefner)
Subject: Re: MMX-upgrading
Date: 1997/02/19
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