Binary package “sse2-support” in ubuntu oracular
CPU feature checking - require SSE2
The packages in the isa-support family probe for microprocessor Instruction
Set Architecture features such as SSE3. By refusing to install on machines
lacking a required feature, they allow ISA requirements to be handled in
terms of package dependencies.
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This is a mostly dummy package which checks for SSE2 and
refuses to install on unsupported hardware.
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Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE) is a single instruction, multiple data
(SIMD) instruction set extension.
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SSE2 was an incremental upgrade to SSE intended to fully replace the earlier
MMX instruction set. It is available on processors from Pentium 4 onward,
including all 64-bit capable ones, but not on Pentium 3, Athlon XP, Via C3,
Quark, or older processors.