64-bit version of SSE now available in 32-bit mode

[bbbl67]

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

 

[George Macdonald]

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?

 

[bbbl67]

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