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CPU Instructions - debate

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by eddy05, Jul 10, 2002.

  1. eddy05 Newcomer, in training

    It's a fact that Intel's lastest Pentium 4 CPU has MMX, SSE and SSE2 extensions while AMD's Athlon XP has MMX, MMX+, SSE, 3DNow! and 3DNow!+. Why is Intel not including AMD's instructions inside their CPUs? Pride? AMD had taken Intel's MMX and SSE technology! (And the SSE2 too in the Clawhammer) What does it symbolize? Is it a good decision to exclude AMD instructions inside Intel CPUs?
  2. TS | Thomas Newcomer, in training

    Probably a few reasons;
    A. They'd have to license it (Well, I assume so anyway).
    B. Them supporting it would be like them saying AMD has a better Instruction set.
  3. eddy05 Newcomer, in training

    Does it mean that AMD is trying to say that "Intel has a better set of Instructions than us?"