Title :
Intel´s MMX/sup TM/ technology-a new instruction set extension
Author :
Lempel, O. ; Peleg, A. ; Weiser, U.
Author_Institution :
Intel Israel Dev. Center, Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
Intel´s MMX/sup TM/ technology is designed to accelerate multimedia and communications software. MMX/sup TM/ technology introduces new data types and instructions that implement a SIMD architecture model to exploit the inherent parallelism in these applications. The technology is defined in a way which maintains full compatibility with existing Intel Architecture processors, operating systems, and applications. MMX/sup TM/ technology delivers an average performance gain of 1.5 to 2 times speedup for communications and multimedia applications.
Keywords :
data structures; digital signal processing chips; instruction sets; parallel architectures; Intel MMX technology; SIMD architecture model; communications software; data types; inherent parallelism; instruction set; multimedia; operating systems; performance gain; Acceleration; Application software; Computer architecture; Graphics; Microprocessors; Multimedia communication; Operating systems; Parallel processing; Speech analysis; Videoconference;
Conference_Titel :
Compcon '97. Proceedings, IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7804-6
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1997.584723
