Re: off-topic : mmx

[Ossama Othman <othman@astrosun.tn.cornell.edu>]

Hi,

> > I allways thought, it stands for "Multi Media eXtensions" ??? But your'e
> > right, I think the K6 is PII performance for under-Original-Pentium price.
> 
> I read (again, can't place it) that MMX stands for nothing; it justs
> sounded good to the PR guys at Intel.

That's not what I recall.  I recall that MMX stood for "Multi Media
eXtensions," too.  However, I couldn't find anything on the Intel site
about what it stood for.  Perhaps "MMX" really is a PR thing.  :)

-Ossama


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