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Introducing the PowerPC SIMD unit

Posted by Hemos on from the one-name-to-rule-them dept.

An anonymous reader writes "AltiVec? Velocity Engine? VMX? If you've only been casually following PowerPC development, you might be confused by the various guises of this vector processing SIMD technology. This article covers the basics on what AltiVec is, what it does -- and how it stacks up against its competition."

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  1. Re:The article makes a very good point... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You mean you read the article? That is .... strange.