3DNow!

E642187

SIMD instruction set instruction set extension

3DNow! is a SIMD instruction set extension developed by AMD to accelerate floating-point and multimedia processing, particularly for 3D graphics and gaming workloads.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
3DNow! canonical	4
AMD 3DNow!	1
Enhanced 3DNow!	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	SIMD instruction set ⓘ instruction set extension ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	AMD 3DNow! NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecture	x86 NERFINISHED ⓘ
backwardCompatibility	x86 ⓘ
benefits	3D game performance on AMD CPUs ⓘ multimedia encoding and decoding performance ⓘ
category	CPU instruction set extension ⓘ
competesWith	Intel MMX NERFINISHED ⓘ Intel SSE NERFINISHED ⓘ
dataTypeSupported	packed single-precision floating-point ⓘ
designGoal	improve floating-point throughput without new registers ⓘ
developer	AMD NERFINISHED ⓘ Advanced Micro Devices NERFINISHED ⓘ
executionModel	single-instruction multiple-data ⓘ
extends	x86 instruction set ⓘ
focus	interactive entertainment software ⓘ real-time 3D rendering ⓘ
hasVariant	Enhanced 3DNow! NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	later SIMD extensions for x86 ⓘ
influencedBy	MMX ⓘ
introducedBy	AMD K6-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedInYear	1998 ⓘ
optimizationRequires	compiler or hand-written assembly support ⓘ
optimizedFor	3D graphics transformations ⓘ multimedia applications ⓘ single-precision floating-point operations ⓘ
partOf	AMD Athlon microarchitecture extensions NERFINISHED ⓘ AMD K6 microarchitecture extensions NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	accelerate 3D graphics workloads ⓘ accelerate floating-point processing ⓘ accelerate gaming workloads ⓘ accelerate multimedia processing ⓘ
registersUsed	MMX registers ⓘ
status	deprecated ⓘ
successor	SSE on AMD processors ⓘ
supportedOn	AMD Athlon processors NERFINISHED ⓘ AMD K6-2 processors NERFINISHED ⓘ AMD K6-III processors NERFINISHED ⓘ some AMD Duron processors ⓘ
supports	vectorized comparison operations ⓘ vectorized data movement ⓘ vectorized floating-point arithmetic ⓘ
targetDomain	PC 3D gaming ⓘ consumer multimedia ⓘ
uses	SIMD parallelism ⓘ
vendorSpecificTo	AMD NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

AMD Duron → instructionSet → 3DNow! ⓘ

this entity surface form: Enhanced 3DNow!

AMD Sempron → supports → 3DNow! ⓘ

Velocity Engine → competingWith → 3DNow! ⓘ

this entity surface form: AMD 3DNow!

Sempron → supports → 3DNow! ⓘ

AMD Athlon 64 processors → supportsInstructionSet → 3DNow! ⓘ

subject surface form: AMD Athlon 64