Altivec is similar to SSE, but in the PPCs we use the Altivec unit is independent (might not be the case for all the Freescale imbedded units.)Altivec is the equivalent of SSE
saabmp3 said:Anyways, intel's dropping the technology in favor of dual core CPU's.
BEN
Mr. Anderson said:try and remember to post these in the right places...
IBM has plans to introduce its own version of hyperthreading in future generations of its Power5 chips. Its called SMT - simultaneous multithreading. Hopefully this will be included in the Power5 derivative for the next gen Apple Processor.
*edit* damn, I go and move the thread and I get beat on the SMT post*/edit*
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