Re:SIMD in the 90s: Programming Intel's Pentium MMX
by ack_complete on Sunday August 16, 2026 @05:39PM
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MMX had heavy adoption in image and video processing. IDCT, motion prediction/compensation, YUV/RGB conversion, and alpha blending all benefited from it.
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Re:SIMD in the 90s: Programming Intel's Pentium MMX
by nojokepoke on Sunday August 16, 2026 @08:20PM
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Thanks for the reminder. Yes Intel was touting high bit rates in software compared to the matrox millennium hardware 2d accelerator.