Re: [AD] /src/i386/iblit32.s MMX alignment

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At 10:50 PM 28/02/2004 +0100, you wrote:
> As there are now some good optimizing compilers in use  that can generate
> MMX,SSE,3dNow,SSE2  instructions, whose to say the /src/i*.s functions are
> better than 'C' compiled equivalents ?

Yes, ICC (Intel compiler) can do general auto-vectorization and directly
produces SIMD code (MMX/SSE/SSE2).  This is currently planned for GCC 3.5.


does MSVC 7.1 (.net/2003) create MMX/SSE(2) or are you saying ICC is about the only one at present that will do such optimz ?






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