SSE

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SSE (Streaming SIMD Extensions) is an Intel processor instruction set extension that accelerates multimedia, floating-point, and parallel data processing operations.

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SSE canonical 13

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instanceOf SIMD instruction set ⓘ
instruction set extension ⓘ
addsRegisterClass XMM0–XMM7 in 32-bit mode ⓘ
alternativeName Intel SSE ⓘ
compatibleWith x86-32 ⓘ
x86-64 ⓘ
developer Intel ⓘ
linked to: Intel Corporation
documentedIn Intel Architecture Software Developer’s Manual ⓘ
extends IA-32 architecture ⓘ
linked to: IA-32

x86 instruction set ⓘ
fullName Streaming SIMD Extensions ⓘ
hasFeature packed single-precision floating-point add ⓘ
packed single-precision floating-point dot-product style operations (via combinations of instructions) ⓘ
packed single-precision floating-point multiply ⓘ
improves performance of 3D graphics ⓘ
performance of audio processing ⓘ
performance of video processing ⓘ
throughput of vectorizable code ⓘ
includesInstructionCategory arithmetic SIMD instructions ⓘ
cacheability control instructions ⓘ
comparison SIMD instructions ⓘ
data movement SIMD instructions ⓘ
logical SIMD instructions ⓘ
memory prefetch instructions ⓘ
shuffle and unpack instructions ⓘ
introducedBy Intel ⓘ
linked to: Intel Corporation
introducedInMicroarchitecture Pentium III ⓘ
linked to: Intel Pentium III
introducedYear 1999 ⓘ
marketedAs technology for enhanced multimedia performance ⓘ
numberOfRegistersInitial 8 XMM registers in 32-bit mode ⓘ
primaryUse floating-point vector operations ⓘ
graphics workloads ⓘ
multimedia acceleration ⓘ
parallel data processing ⓘ
scientific computing ⓘ
signal processing ⓘ
registerWidthBits 128 ⓘ
replaces Intel MMX for many floating-point SIMD tasks ⓘ
linked to: Intel SSE
requires FXSAVE and FXRSTOR or equivalent context switching support ⓘ
operating system support for XMM state saving ⓘ
successor AVX ⓘ
SSE2 ⓘ
SSE3 ⓘ
SSE4 ⓘ
SSSE3 ⓘ
supportsDataType packed single-precision floating-point vectors ⓘ
single-precision floating-point ⓘ
targetedAt 3D gaming applications ⓘ
content creation applications ⓘ
multimedia applications ⓘ
usesRegisterFile XMM registers ⓘ

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