Re: Playstation 2 has as much FPU power as Merced?

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From: Geoff Howland
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 00:00

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On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 21:29:11 -0600, Andy Glew <glew@cs.wisc.edu>
wrote:

>> I'd not be amazed if it actually achieved that - what they seem to be
>> claiming is one-tick-throughput matrix-vector multiply, which is
>> probably achievable. Essentially it's a 300MHz geometry accelerator.
>
>Prediction: within 5 years, a single instruction that performs a 4-vector
>by 4x4-matrix multiply, of 32 bit FP numbers, will be as common as
>vector FP and integer (MMX, KNI, 3DNow) are now.
>
>Probably less than 5 years, but I want to have a bit of slack.

Prediction: In 15-20 years almost all specific computer problems we
have now will seem ridiculously pathetic.

-Geoff Howland
Lupine Games               http://www.lupinegames.com/

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