Re: MMX emulator ?
Hans-Joachim Baader (hans@grumbeer.inka.de)
Wed, 17 Jun 98 07:42 MET DST
In article <199806162200.RAA05382@mail.mankato.msus.edu> you write:
>If you can assume the MMX functions are there then EACH application
>doesn't have to emulate all of the MMX stuff itself if it doesn't have
>the REAL hardware.
>
>This should be treated EXACTLY like the Floating Point hardware... at
>least in my opinion.
If you think it's a good idea then just implement it. Nobody else
will do it since it's useless.
Hint: The whole point of MMX is speed.
hjb
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