[Ffmpeg-devel] mmx/sse optimizations
Rich Felker
dalias
Thu Dec 22 23:05:47 CET 2005
On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 10:17:32AM -0800, Mike Melanson wrote:
> Rich Felker wrote:
> >Because if I want to write asm I'll write asm directly. Using crap
> >like this to write asm is like using babelfish to write english.. ;)
>
> I'll be the lone dissenting voice and state that this thing looks
> like a rather interesting tool.
>
> >BTW it's also crap because it's non-free.
>
> So get to work on a free version.
I'm not the one who thinks it's cool. Someone who likes the idea can
write a free version.
>
> >That may be useful. GUI tools to 'help' newbies write asm are not
> >useful.
>
> SIMD code is a different beast than normal ASM. I think this tool
> has its place. Perhaps another idea would be a tool that enables the user
> to describe some kind of general algorithm with a set of SIMD-like
> primitives. Then the tool decides what the equivalent code would look
> like using different SIMD sets (MMX, SSE2, AltiVec) AND can output the
> correct ASM syntax for use in gcc and MSVC.
Hmm, sounds a lot like vector intrinsics. IMO they're a trap that lead
to people making simd code that's 5-25% slower than handwritten asm.
Rich
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