Intel SSE
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Intel SSE is a set of SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) instruction extensions for x86 processors designed to accelerate multimedia, gaming, and scientific applications through parallel data processing.
All labels observed (2)
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
SIMD instruction set extension
ⓘ
x86 instruction set extension ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SSE ⓘ |
| addsRegisterFile | XMM registers ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Streaming SIMD Extensions ⓘ |
| architecture | x86 ⓘ |
| category | vector instruction set ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | IA-32 ⓘ |
| designGoal |
accelerate gaming applications
ⓘ
accelerate multimedia applications ⓘ accelerate scientific applications ⓘ enable parallel data processing ⓘ |
| developer |
Intel Corporation
ⓘ
surface form:
Intel
|
| extends |
x86
ⓘ
surface form:
x86 ISA
|
| improves | floating-point performance ⓘ |
| influenced |
AVX
ⓘ
SSE2 ⓘ |
| introducedByProcessor |
Intel Pentium III
ⓘ
surface form:
Pentium III
|
| introducedInMicroarchitecture | Intel Pentium III ⓘ |
| paradigm | Single Instruction Multiple Data ⓘ |
| predecessor |
MMX
ⓘ
surface form:
Intel MMX
|
| registerWidth | 128-bit XMM registers ⓘ |
| replaces | x87 FPU for many SIMD float operations ⓘ |
| requires | operating system support for XMM context switching ⓘ |
| standardizedIn | Intel Architecture Software Developer’s Manual ⓘ |
| successor |
AVX
ⓘ
SSE2 ⓘ SSE3 ⓘ SSE4 ⓘ SSSE3 ⓘ |
| supportsDataType | single-precision floating-point ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
data movement between XMM and memory
ⓘ
data shuffling ⓘ packed single-precision floating-point arithmetic ⓘ vector addition ⓘ vector comparison ⓘ vector multiplication ⓘ vector subtraction ⓘ |
| targetPlatform |
desktop processors
ⓘ
mobile processors ⓘ server processors ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
3D graphics
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audio processing ⓘ digital signal processing ⓘ gaming ⓘ scientific computing ⓘ video encoding ⓘ |
| yearIntroduced | 1999 ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
x86 SSE