Re: Why ssse3?

[Roland Dreier]

 > PNI (Prescott New Instructions) was the original engineering code name. Unfortunately
 > it was added too early before the marketing name was known and then it couldn't be 
 > changed anymore.

... and just to make things more fun, SSE4 is sometimes called Penryn
New Instructions -- PNI all over again.

 - R.
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