IBM AltiVec

GPTKB entity

Statements (37)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf SIMD instruction set
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:VMX
gptkbp:architecture gptkb:PowerPC
gptkbp:category vector processing
instruction set architecture extension
gptkbp:competitor gptkb:MIPS_MDMX
gptkb:ARM_NEON
gptkb:Intel_SSE
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Apple
gptkb:IBM
gptkb:Motorola
gptkbp:feature SIMD operations
32 registers
permutation instructions
128-bit vector processing
floating-point vector instructions
integer vector instructions
gptkbp:firstProcessorWithAltiVec gptkb:PowerPC_7400
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label IBM AltiVec
gptkbp:instructionSetExtensionFor gptkb:PowerPC
gptkbp:introducedIn 1999
gptkbp:registerWidth 128 bits
gptkbp:supports audio processing
image processing
digital signal processing
parallel processing
multimedia acceleration
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Apple_Macintosh_computers
gptkb:IBM_POWER_processors
gptkb:PowerPC_G5
gptkb:PowerPC_G4
gptkb:Cell_Broadband_Engine
embedded systems
industrial equipment
game consoles
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:SIMD
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5