AltiVec Kernel Enhancements from MOT

[Ben Snitkoff]

Basically it is that Motorolla implemented vector versions of string  
and checksum classes. This means that they are computed in the Vector  
Processing Unit, which is 128 bit, in G4 processors. So, assuming one  
finds these kernel (glibc I assume) additions, one could re-write some  
TCP-IP, and recompile them for a 100% speed increase.

Ben

On Thursday, June 5, 2003, at 09:07 PM, nathan r. hruby wrote:

>
> Anyone see this who can actually tell me what this is / means?
>
> http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/ 
> story/06-05-2003/0001959749&EDATE=
>
> -n
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