3DNow!
English
Alternative forms
- 3DNow
Etymology
Trademark of AMD, reflecting its potential for performance improvements with applications heavy in 3D graphics.
Proper noun
3DNow!
- (computing) An enhancement of the MMX extension to the x86 CPU instruction set architecture, allowing for enhanced performance with 3D-graphics-heavy applications; rendered obsolescent by later versions of the SSE instruction-set extensions.
Coordinate terms
- x87
- MMX
- SSE
- SSE2
- SSE3
- SSSE3
- SSE4