On Mar 23, 9:34 am, Dan <dantear...@gmail.com> wrote: > At 7:15 AM -0700 3/23/2011, imrazor wrote: > This is good too: > <http://developer.apple.com/hardwaredrivers/ve/summary.html> > > - Dan.
Thanks Dan, that's a very good summary for a non-coder like myself. Apple claims that Altivec is twice as fast as SSE1/2/3 at 8 flops/ cycle vs SSE's 4flops/cycle, so theoretically shouldn't a G5 be twice as fast as an Intel processor at SIMD operations at equivalent clock speeds? Now the article mentions P4's, so I'm not sure if subsequent improvements in Intel's lineup would change that number. Or maybe Intel has added more registers? Plus I think SSE 4.1 is out now... Eric -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
