Re: Why ssse3?

Andi Kleen
2007-05-02T22:46:18Z

On Thursday 03 May 2007 00:41:22 Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> Note the extra 's'. We use "sse" and "sse2", but "ssse3". I assume
> it's a typo.

Nope. SSE3 != SSSE3. The additional S means Supplemential.

It's probably because the few changes didn't justify a SSE4

-Andi