Re: SUMMARY: pentium optimized debian discussion
Stephen Zander <gibreel@pobox.com> wrote:
> Waht, if any, difference do the MMX instructions make?
None. It's very rare to find anything where MMX instructions are
helpful (and even that usually involves some rather painstaking assembly
language work). MMX instructions would probably be a bit more
useful in a single-process environment (like DOS).
However, MMX processors tend to be faster than their predecessors because
they have a larger on-chip cache. [And for other reasons??]
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Raul
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