Intel EOLs Atom Chip Used for Microsoft HoloLens

Re:Intel EOLs Atom Chip Used for Microsoft HoloLens by 0xbear on Friday August 11, 2017 @12:16AM (#14986544)

It was a shitty chip anyway. No SIMD of any kind. Good riddance, I hope Microsoft picks something more respectable next time.

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Re:Intel EOLs Atom Chip Used for Microsoft HoloLens by fulafel on Friday August 11, 2017 @01:07AM (#14986702)

The Cherry Trail Z8x00 chips are listed as supporting SSE too, are you saying the Z8100P is a custom design with the SIMD units removed and MMX disabled from the x86 FPU? Interesting idea, but would call for a reference I think.

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Re:Intel EOLs Atom Chip Used for Microsoft HoloLens by 0xbear on Friday August 11, 2017 @02:00AM (#14986960)

I mean real SIMD, the kind you need these days: AVX, AVX2, FMA. And to add insult to an injury, MS was running the chip in 32 bit mode, which further restricts the usable instruction set.

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