ippInit

Automatically initializes the library code that is most appropriate for the current processor type.

Syntax

IppStatus ippInit(void));

Description

The function ippInit is declared in the ippcore.h file. This function detects the processor type used in the user computer system and sets the processor-specific code of the Intel IPP library most appropriate for the current processor type.

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.

Caution iconCaution

You can not use any other Intel IPP function while the function ippInit continues execution.

Return Values

ippStsNoErr

Indicates that the required processor-specific code is successfully set.

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