Re: sse3 or not sse3



scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Scott Alfter) writes:

In article <958ed703-c05c-417d-94f3-5e95229b2dcf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
darkblueB <brian.darkblueb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello- I have an Acer ASE380-UD440A.. I am sorting out the AMD
processors online mostly via the WIkipedia article.. I am pretty sure
I have this Brisbane
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103213

the wikipedia article and others say I have sse3 on this chip.. BUT
here is /proc/cpuinfo
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht sys call nx mmxext
fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm
extapic cr8_legacy misalignsse ^^^
###

PNI == SSE3. (Why it doesn't just say "sse3" instead of "pni," I don't
know.)

http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/3/86 says:

PNI (Prescott New Instructions) was the original engineering code
name. Unfortunately it was added too early before the marketing name
was known and then it couldn't be changed anymore.

--
Måns Rullgård
mans@xxxxxxxxx
.



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