Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Apr 1997 16:14:55 -0400 | From | Aaron Tiensivu <> | Subject | Re: Cyrix M2 |
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On Thu, Apr 24, 1997 at 05:46:29PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > On Thu, 24 Apr 1997, Mike Jagdis wrote: > > > (Cyrix had to use FP registers for MMX to be at all compatible > > with Intel. I don't think they liked having to do it :-). Intel > > did it to save the cost of engineering their silicon to hold a > > few more registers.) > has anyone measured how fast the K6 switches between MMX and FPU mode? > - -- mingo
It's rumoured to take 1 cycle, unlike P5MMX's 60 cycles. I'd really like to see some benchmarks to prove it though.
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