c - SSE operations to implement a loop over a 2D array where each output depends on the 3x3 square that contains it (Game of Life)

I need to implement SSE (vector operations) to this C module, but cannot reach enough information of this technology, any clue or solution for this?

Also, i'm listening if you have any tips for the code here.

void evolution(void *u, int w, int h){

//check_args(c, v);

unsigned (*univ)[w] = u;
unsigned new[h][w];
int itis = args.ITERATIONS;

int actualIteration = 0;

while(itis>0){

    int thisGenerationSeeds = 0;

    for(int y=0;y        for(int x=0;x           int n = 0;
           for(int y1=y-1;y1<=y+1;y1++){

               for(int x1=x-1;x1<=x+1;x1++){
                   if(univ[(y1+h)%h][(x1+w)%w]){
                       n++;
                       thisGenerationSeeds++;
                   }
               }
           }
           if(univ[y][x]==1){
               n--;
           }

           new[y][x] = (n==3 || (n==2 && univ[y][x]));
           //thisGenerationSeeds++ = (n==3 || (n==2 && univ[y][x]));

        }
    }   
    itis--;
    actualIteration++;

    printf("\nIteration:_%d, \n Sec Living Seeds:_%d,\n Par Living Seeds:,\n Vec Living Seeds%d",actualIteration, thisGeneration
}

for(int y=0;y    for(int x=0;x     univ[y][x] = new[y][x];
    }
} 

}