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1This directory contains code for x86-64 processors with fast
2implementations of SSE operations, hence the name "fastsse".
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4Current processors that might benefit from this code are:
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6  AMD K10
7  AMD Bulldozer/Piledriver/Steamroller/Excavator
8  Intel Nocona
9  Intel Nehalem/Westmere
10  Intel Sandybridge/Ivybridge
11  Intel Haswell/Broadwell
12  VIA Nano
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14Current processors that do not benefit from this code are:
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16  AMD K8
17  AMD Bobcat
18  Intel Atom
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20Intel Conroe/Penryn is a border case; its handling of non-aligned
21128-bit memory operands is poor.  VIA Nano also have poor handling of
22non-aligned operands.
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