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To: Maxwell who wrote (36439)	8/28/1998 10:03:00 AM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (1) of 1572382

Maxwell, [<You can assume that all it takes to port 3D-Now drivers over to KNI will be a recompile.> Sorry to disappoint you. It ain't that easy] I think Ten wanted to say that once a 3-D pipeline algorithms are properly structured for use of SIMD instructions like 3DNow!, is might be relatively easy to replace the 3DNow! opcodes with KNI later. Of course, "just recompile" is a big exaggeration on his part. Ten also mentioned that the KNI "will unarguably be better than 3D-Now." I think that any claims of superiority or inferiority should be measured against the range of applications the particular technology is targeting. Even more, from economical standpoint, some extra functionality may be not a plus whatsoever. The hypothetical ability of KNI to operate with double precision numbers is of no use for the 3-D transform engines. Therefore, the KNI "superiority" is very "arguable" under given economical constraints. Best regards, - Ali

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