rui
5th August 2002, 14:01
I always was convinced that AMD Hammer arquitecture was going to support SSE2, but acording to this article at Van's hardware, when using the Hammer chip in 32 bits legacy mode, it will not support SSE2.
Now, i am NOT an hardware expert, so if i am getting this all wrong, please someone correct me.
Legacy operating systems and applications will be able to make direct use of far more main memory than the current 8 gigabyte limit, thanks to extra addressing features provided in hammer. Now these extra features are ONLY available in 64-bit mode and its companion compatibility mode. In legacy 32-bit mode, hammer works just like an Athlon XP. You do NOT get the new, improved XMM (formerly SSE and SSE2) superset in 32-bit mode.
The link: http://www.vanshardware.com/news/2002/08/020801_Nils_Hammer_Detail/020801_Nils_Hammer_Detail.htm
Now, i am NOT an hardware expert, so if i am getting this all wrong, please someone correct me.
Legacy operating systems and applications will be able to make direct use of far more main memory than the current 8 gigabyte limit, thanks to extra addressing features provided in hammer. Now these extra features are ONLY available in 64-bit mode and its companion compatibility mode. In legacy 32-bit mode, hammer works just like an Athlon XP. You do NOT get the new, improved XMM (formerly SSE and SSE2) superset in 32-bit mode.
The link: http://www.vanshardware.com/news/2002/08/020801_Nils_Hammer_Detail/020801_Nils_Hammer_Detail.htm