Microsoft if it starts to interfere harduerin an old computer to a new release, that it will end support for the Edge on computers that do not support all of the instructions SSE3. This change will be effective starting from the 126 to the browser.
Microsoft announces end of support from Edge on the PC to the old one
As it is announced by the Microsoft Edge are not supported by the hardware no instructions SSE3 (Streaming SIMD Extensions). Introduced by Intel in 1999, for the first time in the Pentium ii, III, starting from the Katmai, they are meant to correct the problems that have emerged from the MMX (Multi-Media Extension) of a given number of years ago, in ’93, by introducing 8 new,. Support for 128-bit, and the point of the cruise, in order to improve the performance when you play content from media.
The set of instructions, evolved with the passage of time, up to version 4.2, and more, after the continued development of the instructions AVX. As you can see from the press release issued by the Microsoft end of support, the Edge will affect only a small portion of the users who use the browser on the device, a lot of the old ones. Intel introduced SSE3 in 2004, the SIS after a long time. Device seen from Intel, with SSE3, were the products of architecture and Prescott (including the Pentium 4, Pentium D, Celeron D, and, as far as AMD has to do with the Opteron, Sempron, Athlon 64, and on the other, based on the architecture K8.
Microsoft Edge 126 it is scheduled to be released through a channel to the stable on June 13, 2024. At present, the minimum requirements of the browser, include the installation of Windows 10. The last time the company's Redmond përditësoi terms and conditions for the support, it was in January of last year, when they were cut off users who are still using the operating systems Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and Server 2008 R2, Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2.
Your browser was introduced for the first time in 2015, and is based on the Chromium. With the passage of time, it has the added feature of a many to optimize the performance and improve features. Today, it has only 11% of the users.
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