linux-kernel - Re: Why ssse3?

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Message-ID: <aday7k5evxj.fsf@cisco.com>
Date:	Thu, 03 May 2007 09:03:36 -0700
From:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Why ssse3?

 > PNI (Prescott New Instructions) was the original engineering code name. Unfortunately
 > it was added too early before the marketing name was known and then it couldn't be 
 > changed anymore.

... and just to make things more fun, SSE4 is sometimes called Penryn
New Instructions -- PNI all over again.

 - R.
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