Talk:Processor supplementary capability

Tip: Anchors are case-sensitive in most browsers.

This article links to one or more target anchors that no longer exist.

[[X86 instruction listings#Added with Pentium Pro|conditional move]] The anchor (#Added with Pentium Pro) has been deleted by other users before.
[[X86 instruction listings#Added with Pentium Pro|an undefined instruction just for software testing]] The anchor (#Added with Pentium Pro) has been deleted by other users before.
[[X86 instruction listings#Added with SSE|save processor extended states]] The anchor (#Added with SSE) has been deleted by other users before.
[[X86 instruction listings#Added with Pentium|byte swap]] The anchor (#Added with Pentium) is no longer available because it was deleted by a user before.
[[X86 instruction listings#Added with Pentium MMX|read performance monitor counts]] The anchor (#Added with Pentium MMX) is no longer available because it was deleted by a user before.

Please help fix the broken anchors. You can remove this template after fixing the problems. | Reporting errors

Generalize tag[edit]

I've added the generalize tag to the article because it has a strong x86-family bias. It really should discuss other processor families in similar detail: what additional capabilities have been added to them; what flag mechanisms are available to detect those facilities; etc. Unfortunately, x86 is the only family I'm familiar enough with to work on. JulesH (talk) 22:50, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Justify terminology "supplementary"[edit]

I worked at Intel for circa 16 years, adding many instructions, but I never heard the term "processor supplementary capability" used. At Intel we called them "processor extensions" or "extension features". Come to think of it, I also worked at AMD and MIPS and Nvidia, and again never heard the term "supplementary" used, but just "extensions" and "features". Perhaps "processor supplementary capability" is used in some academic literature, but it might be useful to use the standard terminology used by many companies. And if this term is used by some companies, it might be useful indicating who. — Preceding unsigned comment added by A.Glew (talk • contribs) 23:24, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]