SSE3 Technology In Intel Prescott

topmo writes "X-bit labs has posted an article called 'SSE Technology in New Intel Prescott Processors.' In this detailed technology coverage they talking about the SSE (SSE3?) technology implemented in future Intel Prescott processors, its exciting history, its peculiarities and advantages offered to the software developers. Also they compare the cons and pros of the new PNI (Prescott New Instructions) with AMD x86-64."

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Re:Prescott?

[kilonad]

I'm giving up mod points in here for this. They're probably naming it (oddly enough) after Prescott, Wisconsin. That's where the St. Croix River meets the Mississippi River, on the border of Wisconsin and Minnesota and is home to a National Scenic Waterway. Intel likes to name future processors after rivers and national parks.

Past examples: Tualatin River Basin, Katmai National Park & Preserve, Deschutes River, Coppermine River, Lake Tahoe, Klamath River, Covington River, Mendocino National Forest, Willamette River, Flagstaff River, Merced River. I'm sure there's others too.