MMX(TM) Technology Intrinsics Implementation
Key to the table entries
- A = Expected to give significant performance gain
over non-intrinsic-based code equivalent.
- B = Non-intrinsic-based source code would be better;
the intrinsic's implementation may map directly to native instructions,
but they offer no significant performance gain.
- C = Requires contorted implementation for particular
microarchitecture. Will result in very poor performance if used.
_mm_empty is implemented in Itanium instructions
as a NOP for source compatibility only.