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.

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Label Occurrences
Intel SSE canonical 4
x86 SSE 1

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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
audio processing
digital signal processing
gaming
scientific computing
video encoding
yearIntroduced 1999

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AltiVec similarTo Intel SSE
VMX similarTo Intel SSE
Tremont supports Intel SSE
NEON SIMD distinctFrom Intel SSE
this entity surface form: x86 SSE
Velocity Engine competingWith Intel SSE