Christian Packmann wrote:
On 2004-08-09 16:21:21 [+0200], Adi Oanca wrote:
I made the wrong assumption that MMX is a... core of its own, and that in the same time the CPU could process something else. Guess I was wrong!(?)
Axel already cleared that up. If you'd like to learn more about CPUs, a good source is Ars Technicas Technopedia section "CPU Theory and Praxis" at
<http://arstechnica.com/cpu/index.html>.
They've got a nice introductory article about SIMD architectures, going into some detail on MMX, SSE, 3DNow! and PowerPCs AltiVec; this would be a good read for anybody interested in the possibilities of SIMD:
<http://arstechnica.com/cpu/1q00/simd/simd-1.html>
Oh my god, Intel/AMD's SIMD implementation sucks BIG time!
Adi.
