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Date:      Sat, 1 Jul 2000 22:24:37 -0500
From:      "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net>
To:        <atabraga@iqm.unicamp.br>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: [off topic] Pentium IV
Message-ID:  <NEBBIJCLELPGBFNNJOFHIEJICDAA.jpaetzel@hutchtel.net>
In-Reply-To: <14686.41738.626456.870733@bico-de-lacre.iqm.unicamp.br>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Ataualpa Albert
> Carmo Braga
> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2000 9:04 PM
> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: [off topic] Pentium IV
>
>
>
> Any one know where can i see details about Pentium IV? Like benchmarks
> (no windows ones), or articles ?
>
> Another question: When Intel released Pentium MMX the principal changes
> from Pentium was some instructions in the processor, bud only
> softwares ables to "look for" that instructions worked better. With
> Pentium II ==> Pentium III was the same thing. My question is: Are
> there projects in unix word that take care news softwares become ables
> to works with this "instructions"?
>

The change from the classic pentium to the mmx that made the most difference
in performance was the doubling of L1 cache on the chip, not the addition of
the 57 MMX instructions.

Josh

> Thanks,
>
> Ata.
>
> PS: Sorry for so poor english.
>
> --
>  Ataualpa Albert Carmo Braga            atabraga@iqm.unicamp.br
>                                         http://www.iqm.unicamp.br
>
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