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To: Petz who wrote (4804)	3/6/1998 2:20:00 PM
From: FJB	Respond to of 6843

Petz, DirectX is primarily a gaming API. Most new games make use of it to some extent. Bob

To: Petz who wrote (4804)	3/6/1998 2:33:00 PM
From: StockMan	Respond to of 6843

P, Where can I find this K6-3D chip? or benchmarks on it. Stockman

To: Petz who wrote (4804)	3/7/1998 11:18:00 PM
From: Yousef	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6843

Petz, Re: "That will probably eliminate their use in typical office applications such as spreadsheets (need double precision) and word processors." And I bet that AMD yield problems at .25um will eliminate the K6+3D in most other applications. <ggg> Make It So, Yousef

To: Petz who wrote (4804)	3/8/1998 12:14:00 AM
From: Ali Chen	Respond to of 6843

Petz, <I haven't heard of any compiler support for them. That will probably eliminate their use in typical office applications such as spreadsheets (need double precision) and word processors.> I tend to be less categorical. Instead of "eliminate" I would say "delay", and I am much sure the single precision will be more than enough for most common applications. And the problem is not for compilers to support new instructions, but rather these SIMD require different thinking. I think the driver layer will be the first to adopt these innovations, and this will not require any high-level compilers to support them (since the critical coding is done in assembler anyway, and anyone can instantly write proper macroses for the new instructions in binary format). Regards, Ali