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    A superscalar processor (or multiple-issue processor) is a CPU that implements a form of parallelism called instruction-level parallelism within a single...
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  • vector processors were first introduced. It was originally used to distinguish the older designs from the new vector processors. A superscalar processor (such...
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    A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor, or just processor, is the primary processor in a given computer. Its...
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    ARM Cortex-A53 (category ARM processors)
    like other ARM intellectual property and processor designs. 8-stage pipelined processor with 2-way superscalar, in-order execution pipeline DSP and NEON...
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  • architecture Multi-core processor Processor power dissipation Central processing unit Graphics processing unit Superscalar processor Hardware acceleration...
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    Single instruction, multiple data (category Digital signal processing)
    provided by a superscalar processor; the eight values are processed in parallel even on a non-superscalar processor, and a superscalar processor may be able...
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    multi-core processor is a processor that includes multiple processing units (called "cores") on the same chip. This processor differs from a superscalar processor...
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    each other, and execute them in parallel. This approach is called superscalar processor design. Such methods are limited by the degree of instruction-level...
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  • Simultaneous multithreading (category Superscalar microprocessors)
    one cycle. The processor must be superscalar to do so. Chip-level multiprocessing (CMP or multicore): integrates two or more processors into one chip,...
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    Multithreading (computer architecture) (category Central processing unit)
    advanced type of multithreading applies to superscalar processors. Whereas a normal superscalar processor issues multiple instructions from a single thread...
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    A multi-core processor (MCP) is a microprocessor on a single integrated circuit (IC) with two or more separate central processing units (CPUs), called...
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  • Instructions per cycle (category Instruction processing)
    keep doubling the speed of the clock, instruction pipelining and superscalar processor design have evolved so CPUs can use a variety of execution units...
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    Video Processor & Mali-DP550 Display Processor". Retrieved 2017-11-27. Smith, Ryan. "ARM Announces Mali-G51 Mainstream GPU, Mali-V-61 Video Processing Block"...
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    Each component implemented two bits of a processor function; packages could be interconnected to build a processor with any desired word length. Members...
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  • not to be confused with a multi-processor system. Most modern processors are superscalar. In a superscalar processor multiple instructions are dispatched...
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    had also replaced the 80486 brand. The P5 Pentium is the first superscalar x86 processor, meaning it was often able to execute two instructions at the...
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  • automatically generate a corresponding barrel processor design from a single-tasking processor design. An n-way barrel processor generated this way acts much like...
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    signal processor (DSP) is a specialized microprocessor chip, with its architecture optimized for the operational needs of digital signal processing.: 104–107 ...
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  • Instruction window (category Instruction processing)
    the instruction window. Superscalar processor Shen and Lipasti. Modern Processor Design: Fundamentals of Superscalar Processors. McGraw-Hill, 2005. Patt...
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    Computer architecture (category Central processing unit)
    defines the machine code that a processor reads and acts upon as well as the word size, memory address modes, processor registers, and data type. Microarchitecture:...
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  • high-performance central processing units to make use of instruction cycles that would otherwise be wasted. In this paradigm, a processor executes instructions...
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    Broadway processor, also designed and manufactured by IBM, that powers the Wii console. Customized PowerPC 750CXe core Clockrate – 486 MHz Superscalar Out-of-order...
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  • Processor design is a subfield of computer science and computer engineering (fabrication) that deals with creating a processor, a key component of computer...
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  • Classic RISC pipeline (category Superscalar microprocessors)
    delay slot), so that they must insert NOPs into the delay slots. Superscalar processors, which fetch multiple instructions per cycle and must have some...
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  • Fab – Fabrication process. Average feature size of components of the processor. Bus interface – Bus by which the graphics processor is attached to the...
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    Branch predictor (category Instruction processing)
    Shen, John P.; Lipasti, Mikko (2005). Modern processor design: fundamentals of superscalar processors. Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education. pp. 455...
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  • pipeline with 2-way decode, 3-way out-of-order speculatively issued superscalar execution Pipelined VFPv3 and 128-bit wide NEON (SIMD) 3 execution ports...
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  • deprecated in 1998 when IBM introduced the POWER3 processor that was mainly a 32/64-bit PowerPC processor but included the IBM POWER architecture for backwards...
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    Microarchitecture (category Central processing unit)
    model of a processor as seen by an assembly language programmer or compiler writer. The ISA includes the instructions, execution model, processor registers...
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  • instructions to be executed independently, in different parts of the processor (superscalar architectures), and even executing instructions in an order different...
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