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They made a serious attempt, especially when the G4 Mac was classified as "munitions". Quote: “The Power Mac G4 is so fast that it is classified as a supercomp

by IcePic 2y ago

They made a serious attempt, especially when the G4 Mac was classified as "munitions". Quote: “The Power Mac G4 is so fast that it is classified as a supercomputer by the U.S. government, and we are prohibited from exporting it to over 50 nations worldwide.” - Steve Jobs

brucehoult 2y ago
That was because of Altivec, the best SIMD ISA (and implementation) for some time. Miles better than MMX or original SSE.
- tucnak 2y ago
  IBM POWER is still Altivec afaik at least that's what my P9 is using
  - voxadam 2y ago
    POWER10 supports AltiVec too.