PATHADC Home > Documentation > Hardware > Power Mac G4 Developer Note
Up   Previous   Next  

Velocity Engine (AltiVec)

Velocity Engine is Apple's name for the AltiVec vector processor in the PowerPC G4 microprocessor. Apple provides support for developers who are starting to use the Velocity Engine in their applications. Documentation, development tools, and sample code are now available on the World Wide Web, at

http://developer.apple.com/hardware/ve/index.html

AltiVec Technology Programming Environments Manual.(AltiVec PEM) is a reference guide for programmers. It contains a description for each instruction and information to help in understanding how the instruction works. You can obtain a copy of the AltiVec PEM through the Motorola AltiVec site on the World Wide Web, at

http://www.mot.com/SPS/PowerPC/AltiVec/facts.html


Copyright © 2001 Apple Computer, Inc. (Last Updated January 2, 2001)

Up   Previous   Next