On 13 Apr 98 18:10:22 GMT, in linux.debian.user Ossama Othman wrote:
>That's not what I recall. I recall that MMX stood for "Multi Media
>eXtensions," too. However, I couldn't find anything on the Intel site
>about what it stood for. Perhaps "MMX" really is a PR thing. :)
MMX does, according
Q1. What does the "MMX(TM)" mark stand for?
A1. The MMX mark is not an acronym. It is Intel's brand name for this
extension to the Intel Architecture.
http://developer.intel.com/drg/mmx/Support/faq.htm
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Hi,
> > I allways thought, it stands for "Multi Media eXtensions" ??? But your'e
> > right, I think the K6 is PII performance for under-Original-Pentium price.
>
> I read (again, can't place it) that MMX stands for nothing; it justs
> sounded good to the PR guys at Intel.
That's not what I recal
> > I think I've heard of the same library (MMX stands for "Matrix math
> > extensions", IIRC),
> I allways thought, it stands for "Multi Media eXtensions" ??? But your'e
> right, I think the K6 is PII performance for under-Original-Pentium price.
I read (again, can't place it) that MMX stands fo
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