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The author has neglected the 3DNow! SIMD instructions from AMD. They were notable for several reasons, although they are no longer included in modern silicon.
by chasil 1y ago
The author has neglected the 3DNow! SIMD instructions from AMD.
They were notable for several reasons, although they are no longer included in modern silicon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DNow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DNow!
- srean 1y agoI remember having their manual around. I vaguely remember that the Athlon series used to be faster with floating points than the then new Pentium-4s. For that matter even the Pentium-3s had better floating point performance than Pentium-4s.