http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/intel-simd-accelerator-promises-to-boost-mid-performance/ Engadget Comments for Intel SIMD Accelerator promises to boost MID performance http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/intel-simd-accelerator-promises-to-boost-mid-performance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/intel-simd-accelerator-promises-to-boost-mid-performance/
it works exactly how it sounds, by executing multiple instances of the SAME instruction on different pieces of data. (single instruction, multiple data. durr)

but yes, it's useful for vector applications, like graphics where you want to run the same instruction on every pixel.]]>Mar 18th 2009 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/intel-simd-accelerator-promises-to-boost-mid-performance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/intel-simd-accelerator-promises-to-boost-mid-performance/I wonder how this 'improvement' will affect battery life and how will it compare with upcoming cortex A9 which will probably appear on the market on the same time. This will be an interesting fight.]]>Mar 18th 2009 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/intel-simd-accelerator-promises-to-boost-mid-performance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/intel-simd-accelerator-promises-to-boost-mid-performance/
Yes, SIMD, exactly what a GPU does too.... so intel is making a somehow different kind of graphics accelerator for MIDs. Dont know why this article needed to have that skepticism...]]>Mar 18th 2009 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/intel-simd-accelerator-promises-to-boost-mid-performance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/intel-simd-accelerator-promises-to-boost-mid-performance/
[hint: count the 'pins' on the image]]]>Mar 18th 2009 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/intel-simd-accelerator-promises-to-boost-mid-performance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/intel-simd-accelerator-promises-to-boost-mid-performance/Mar 18th 2009 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/intel-simd-accelerator-promises-to-boost-mid-performance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/intel-simd-accelerator-promises-to-boost-mid-performance/Mar 18th 2009 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/intel-simd-accelerator-promises-to-boost-mid-performance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/intel-simd-accelerator-promises-to-boost-mid-performance/Mar 18th 2009 9:57PM