Re: Hi

[Marco Anglesio <mpa@squawk.klue.on.ca>]

On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, shaul wrote:

> > I don't think, that any pgm (except the Intel MMX benchmark) makes much use
> > of MMX. And if you want a powerfull CPU with a good price, buy the AMD K6
> 
> As much as I can remember, there is a math library that is being developed 
> (and is among the packages that are mentioned as one that Debian might want) 
> which greatly depends on the MMX features (or is it another Intel processor ?).

I think I've heard of the same library (MMX stands for "Matrix math
extensions", IIRC), but can't place it; however, the K6 also carries the
genuine intel MMX.  You're certainly not losing anything by buying a K6 -
performance is in the PPro/PII class, but it fits on a socket 7 mb.

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