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You need a context switch to use AVX?
by jeffreyrogers 8y ago
You need a context switch to use AVX?
- puzzle 8y agoNo, unless you have a special setup where one process on the whole machine can use AVX. That might make sense for special, controlled environments. What I meant is that there are more registers to shuffle around at context switch time, when multiple processes use the extensions.
- jeffreyrogers 8y agoAh got it, thanks.
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