MMX
MMX
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Introduction
MMX is a SIMD technology (single instruction, multiple data) introduced by Intel with ther P5 "Pentium" processor line.
Detection
To detect MMX
;Check CPUID.01h EDX.MMX (EDX.23)
mov eax, 0x1 ;0x.. is not needed, but standardizes
cpuid
test edx, 1<<23 ;EDX.MMX
jnz .MMX ;If no jump MMX is not present
Use today
It is unlikely that you will come across any MMX code today, as it has been superceded by SSE, and compilers compile SSE code. However, it may be worthwile to be aware of MMX.