MMX Technology

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of even non-MMX applications, and it makes use of Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) for more efficient data processing. The 57 new and powerful instructions are specifically designed to process and manipulate audio, video, and graphical data much more effectively. Intel, having doubled its on-chip cache size from 16 KB on non-MMX processor chips to 32 KB on MMX enhanced chips, now allows more instructions and data to be stored on the chip reducing the number of times the proces! sor must access slower, off-chip memory areas for information. The multimedia and communication applications of today often use repetitive loops that account for 90 percent of the execution time, even though they only account for 10 percent or less of the overall application code. A process called Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) enables one instruction to perform the same function on multiple pieces of data at once. This allows the chip to reduce compute-intensive loops common to audio, ...

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as easy as tuning a radio dial, as well as, some fine components blending to make an excellent, well rounded computer system. According to PC Magazine, using components such as 512 KB of pipeline-burst L2 cache, 32 MB of synchronous DRAM, and a 3.8 GB Quantum hard disk drive, the P55C-200 FPC led the home PC pack on most of the test performed. This system posted an astronomical score on their Graphics WinMark 97 test suite that was 51 percent higher than the next closest competitor. The systems other peripherals include a 33.6/14.4 Kbs Telepath fax modem, a PC ProPad 4 game pad, and an Ensoniq Soundscape VIVO sound card with a set of Altec Lansing ACS-410 speakers to supply the sound. ...

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