Microsoft Edge will stop supporting CPUs that lack SSE3

The information came out on May 13, 2024

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Published onMay 16, 2024

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Recently, Microsoft added new information about compatibility changes to theofficial Edge documentation pageon the Microsoft Learn website.

It says:

After version 126, Microsoft Edge will stop supporting CPUs that lack SSE3. Devices with these CPUs will not receive any more updates.

This means that to use Microsoft Edge version 126 or later, you need a processor with the SSE3 instruction set or higher.

So, if you are wondering whether you could use Edge after the release of the 126 version, then you have to ensure you are not using very old hardware.

It is similar to therequirements in the new upcoming version of Windows, 24H2. Intel released SSE3 in 2004 with Pentium 4, Pentium D, and Celeron D, and after that, AMD introduced it in Opteron, Sempron, Athlon 64, and more.

SSEstands forStreaming SIMD Extensions, a series of instructions integrated into the latest CPUs to improve multimedia and mathematical operations.

The software requirements for Microsoft Edge, as mentioned on the official page, are:

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