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CPU FLAGS
This page lists processor instruction sets that can be enabled on Funtoo Linux systems using the CPU_FLAGS_* variables.
CPU_FLAGS_X86
| Flag | Introduced | By | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
mmx | 1997 (Pentium MMX) | Intel | MMX | See Wikipedia:MMX (instruction set) |
mmxext | 1999 | AMD | AMD MMX Extensions | See Wikipedia:Extended MMX |
sse | 1999 (Pentium III) | AMD | Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE) | See Wikipedia:Streaming SIMD Extensions |
sse2 | 2001 (Pentium 4) | Intel | Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 (SSE2) | See Wikipedia:SSE2 |
sse3 | 2004 (Pentium 4 Prescott) | Intel | Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (SSE3/PNI) | See Wikipedia:SSE3 |
ssse3 | 2006 (Core 2 Woodcrest) | Intel | Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (SSSE3) | See Wikipedia:SSSE3 |
sse4_1 | 2007 (Core Penryn) | Intel | Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.1 | See Wikipedia:SSSE4#SSE4.1 |
sse4a | late 2007 (Barcelona/Phenom) | AMD | Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 4a | See Wikipedia:SSSE4#SSE4a |
sse4_2 | late 2008 (Nehalem/Core i7) | Intel | Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.2 | See Wikipedia:SSSE4#SSE4.2 |
popcnt | 2007 | AMD | POPCNT and LZCNT | See Wikipedia:SSE4#POPCNT_and_LZCNT |