Re: AltiVec optimization in Cocoa?
Re: AltiVec optimization in Cocoa?
- Subject: Re: AltiVec optimization in Cocoa?
- From: Bruno Blondeau <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 12:12:18 +0200
on 19/05/02 17:07, email@hidden -
email@hidden wrote:
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On Sun, 19 May, 2002, Mamdouh <email@hidden> wrote:
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> Is there away to optimize Cocoa Apps for the velocity engine (AltiVec)?
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> Or is it already done for us (I doubt it, but i still hope :)
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I've heard rumours about Altivec optimization in gcc 3.1, but don't blame
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me if I'm wrong; blame my memory. :)
I doubt it's automatic vectorization. It would be nice, but only the VAST
preprocessor is doing this.
What GCC 3.1 is probably doing is reordering and modifying your Altivec code
to work more efficiently (scheduling and so on)
Bruno Blondeau
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