News: AMD Digital Media Xpress Demystified - LaptopLogic.com
"The number of XMM registers are doubled from 8 to 16. This inceases
performance by reducing substantial memory access overhead."
http://www.laptoplogic.com/news/detail.php?id=948

On 30 May 2006 12:24:47 -0700, "bbbl67" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>News: AMD Digital Media Xpress Demystified - LaptopLogic.com
>"The number of XMM registers are doubled from 8 to 16. This inceases
>performance by reducing substantial memory access overhead."
>http://www.laptoplogic.com/news/detail.php?id=948

I don't get it. What the hell use is it in a laptop CPU? Is Turion 64 X2
really that much of a different animal from its desktop cousins?

--
Rgds, George Macdonald

George Macdonald wrote:
> On 30 May 2006 12:24:47 -0700, "bbbl67" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >News: AMD Digital Media Xpress Demystified - LaptopLogic.com
> >"The number of XMM registers are doubled from 8 to 16. This inceases
> >performance by reducing substantial memory access overhead."
> >http://www.laptoplogic.com/news/detail.php?id=948
>
> I don't get it. What the hell use is it in a laptop CPU? Is Turion 64 X2
> really that much of a different animal from its desktop cousins?


Well, the publication its called Laptoplogic, so that might have
something to do with it. They're a bit more focused on the mobile
parts. It's probably there on all of the new Rev F chips, including the
new AM2 desktop parts.

Yousuf Khan