ippGetCpuType

Returns a processor type.

Syntax

IppCpuType ippGetCpuType (void);

Description

The function ippGetCpuType is declared in the ippcore.h file. This function detects the processor type used in your computer system and returns an appropriate IppCpuType variable value. The table below lists possible values and their meaning.

Caution iconCaution

This function returns only type of the processor. If you need more information about processor features please use the function ippGetCpuFeatures instead.

Optimization Notice

The Intel® Integrated Performance Primitives (Intel® IPP) library contains functions that are more highly optimized for Intel microprocessors than for other microprocessors. While the functions in the Intel® IPP library offer optimizations for both Intel and Intel-compatible microprocessors, depending on your code and other factors, you will likely get extra performance on Intel microprocessors.

While the paragraph above describes the basic optimization approach for the Intel® IPP library as a whole, the library may or may not be optimized to the same degree for non-Intel microprocessors for optimizations that are not unique to Intel microprocessors. These optimizations include Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 (Intel® SSE2), Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (Intel® SSE3), and Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (Intel® SSSE3) instruction sets and other optimizations. Intel does not guarantee the availability, functionality, or effectiveness of any optimization on microprocessors not manufactured by Intel. Microprocessor-dependent optimizations in this product are intended for use with Intel microprocessors.

Intel recommends that you evaluate other library products to determine which best meets your requirements.

Processor Type Detected in Intel IPP
Returned Variable Value Processor Type
ippCpuPP

Intel® Pentium® processor

ippCpuPMX

Intel® Pentium® processor with MMXTM technology

ippCpuPPR

Intel® Pentium® Pro processor

ippCpuPII

Intel® Pentium® II processor

ippCpuPIII

Intel® Pentium® III processor or Intel® Pentium® III Xeon® processor

ippCpuP4

Intel® Pentium®4 processor or Intel® Xeon® processor

ippCpuP4HT

Intel® Pentium®4 processor with Hyper-Threading Technology

ippCpuP4HT2

Intel® Pentium®4 processor with Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 3

ippCpuCentrino

Intel® CentrinoTM mobile technology

ippCpuCoreSolo

Intel® CoreTM Solo processor

ippCpuCoreDuo

Intel® CoreTM Duo processor

ippCpuITP

Intel® Itanium® processor

ippCpuITP2

Intel® Itanium®2 processor

ippCpuEM64T

Intel® 64 instruction set architecture

ippCpuC2D

Intel® CoreTM2 Duo processor

ippCpuC2Q

Intel® CoreTM2 Quad processor

ippCpuPenryn

Intel® CoreTM2 processor with Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.1

ippCpuBonnell

Intel® AtomTM processor

ippCpuNehalem

Intel® CoreTM i7 processor

ippCpuSSE

Processor with Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions instruction set

ippCpuSSE2

Processor with Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 instruction set

ippCpuSSE3

Processor with Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 instruction set

ippCpuSSSE3

Processor with Supplemental Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 instruction set

ippCpuSSE41

Processor with Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.1instruction set

ippCpuSSE42

Processor with Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.2 instruction set

ippCpuAVX

Processor supports Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions instruction set

ippCpuAES

Processor supports Intel® Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) instructions set

ippCpuX8664

Processor supports 64 bit extension

ippCpuUnknown

Unknown processor


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