[Ti] like hell freezing over ?

[Chris Olson]

On Jun 7, 2005, at 10:55 AM, Yuta Hsu wrote:

> For AltiVec, it says 'written specifically for AltiVec.'  I'm not sure 
> what that means, as Photoshop runs through Rosetta.

Photoshop is written to run on a G3 with AltiVec enhancements (fat 
code) available for G4/G5 processors that can execute vector code.  It 
may run on a Mactel, but not with the performance a graphics 
professional will demand because of lack of AltiVec support on the 
Intel processor with the Rosetta PPC translation.

The PearPC guys have AltiVec working on their PPC emulation layer for 
x86.  Perhaps Apple will "borrow" some of their code, which is GPL/Open 
Source, to improve Rosetta prior to release.
--
Chris