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Subject: Re: mmx-PopCount

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 01:03:58 02/17/02

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On February 17, 2002 at 03:17:18, maria clara benedicto wrote:

>Dear Mr. Dann Corbit,
>
>Sir,
>
>please excuse, but what mean "mmx"?
>what effect it has/has not on chess engines?

MMX stands for MultiMedia Extensions

It is a set of new instructions in the processor of your computer.

By utilizing them, some programs will run faster.

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GCP



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