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| Re: AltiVec Support [message #13168 is a reply to message #13081] |
Thu, 15 October 1998 00:00  |
pford
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Registered: September 1996
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Mike Schienle (lvhare@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: In article <702dnp$mu5@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>, pford@bcm.tmc.edu (Patrick V.
: Ford) wrote:
: >I was wondering if RSI was planning support for AltiVec for the Motorola
: >G4 series of PPC. If you know, please post it here.
: >
: >'AltiVec technology adds a vector execution unit to address
: >high-bandwidth data processing and algorithmic-intensive computations
: >for both desktop and embedded applications.'
: >
: >Thanks
: I suspect the answer is no. RSI has to gear things for the least common
: denominator to keep their code base reasonable. If they were to provide
: development towards AltiVec, they would also be obligated to develop for
: MMX, MMX2 and a few dozen UNIX accelerators both native to the OS and as
: 3rd party additions.
: I would prefer they put more effort into things like 64-bit processors,
: multi-threading and multiple processors. Perhaps if we have a bake sale we
: could send the proceeds to them and have our preferences accomodated.
: Maybe it would be better to just send them the baked goods.
: --
: Mike Schienle Interactive Visuals
: mgs@ivsoftware.com http://www.ivsoftware.com
I was under the impression that ActiveX and MMX was being supported. Am I
wrong?
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