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To: J R KARY who wrote (25624)	7/21/1999 2:30:00 PM
From: TheSlowLane	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213186

Here is a page from the Motorola site on AltiVec: mot.com It's definitely 128-bit. Like I said before, but not too many seem to be interested...this chip is powerful enough to compress and decompress multiple video streams concurrently in real-time on one processor without the additional help of a dedicated CODEC. And it can do that while concurrently running a computationally and graphically intensive application such as 3-D modeling or virtual reality. So for example, a producer in NYC and a director in LA could look at and speak to each other while at the same time collaboratively viewing and editing a digital piece of film. That's just one application, there are many more that one could think of. It's not just videoconferencing, it's a whole lot more than that. Oh and by the way...AltiVec is a whole lot smaller than a Pentium. And uses a LOT less power (4 watts). And costs less. And is much faster.