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Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.2

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Jaume Sabater
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Jaume Sabater
CTO and systems engineer

Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.2 (SSE4.2) are an extension of the original SSE instruction set, adding new features and capabilities for performing SIMD operations on both integer and floating-point data. They are designed to improve performance in applications that require high computational power, such as scientific simulations, financial modeling, and machine learning.

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