In computing, a vector processor or array processor is a central processing unit (CPU) that implements an instruction set where its instructions are designed...
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A processor register is a quickly accessible location available to a computer's processor. Registers usually consist of a small amount of fast storage...
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processor is classified as a single instruction, single data (SISD) processor in Flynn's taxonomy. The Intel 486 is an example of a scalar processor....
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processor (or multiple-issue processor) is a CPU that implements a form of parallelism called instruction-level parallelism within a single processor...
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Vector packet processing — The Vector Packet Processor 20.01 documentation". fd.io. Retrieved 2020-08-12. "[Guide] Intro to Vector Packet Processing (VPP)"...
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use a general purpose graphics processing unit (GPGPU) as a modified form of stream processor (or a vector processor), running compute kernels. This...
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VAX 9000 (section Vector processor)
'without' the vector processor. The vector processor was referred to as the V-box, and it was Digital's first ECL implementation of the VAX Vector Architecture...
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Knights Landing co-processor, which shipped in 2016. In conventional processors, AVX-512 was introduced with Skylake server and HEDT processors in 2017. AVX...
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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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performance from 40,960 SW26010 manycore processors, each containing 256 cores. Multi-core processor Vector processor SIMD High-performance computing Computer...
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the Cell processor can be split into four components: external input and output structures, the main processor called the Power Processing Element (PPE)...
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Single instruction, multiple data (category Digital signal processing)
the use of SIMD-capable instructions. A later processor that used vector processing is the Cell Processor used in the Playstation 3, which was developed...
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Parallel computing (redirect from Parallel processor)
is the processor frequency (cycles per second). Increases in frequency increase the amount of power used in a processor. Increasing processor power consumption...
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Compute kernel (section Vector processing)
(image processing) DirectCompute CUDA OpenMP OpenCL SPIR-V SYCL Metal (API) GPGPU Vector processor RISC-V § Vector extension Digital signal processor Field-programmable...
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Emotion Engine (redirect from PS2 vector unit)
units are: a CPU core, two Vector Processing Units (VPU), a 10-channel DMA unit, a memory controller, and an Image Processing Unit (IPU). There are three...
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chaining is a technique used in computer architecture in which scalar and vector registers generate interim results which can be used immediately, without...
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Predication (computer architecture) (category Instruction processing)
applying one bit of a conditional mask vector to the corresponding elements in the vector registers being processed, whereas scalar predication in scalar...
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integer registers, and 8 32-bit address registers. The new vector processor increased vector processing speed by reducing the in-register cycle time to 42 ns...
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RISC-V (section Vector set)
general-purpose mixed-precision vector processor, suitable to execute compute kernels. Code would port easily to CPUs with differing vector lengths, ideally without...
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CDC STAR-100 (category Vector supercomputers)
Data Corporation (CDC). It was one of the first machines to use a vector processor to improve performance on appropriate scientific applications. It was...
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TI Advanced Scientific Computer (category Vector supercomputers)
Instruments (TI) between 1966 and 1973. The ASC's central processing unit (CPU) supported vector processing, a performance-enhancing technique which was key to...
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typically used addresses by different microprocessors: The reset vector for the Intel 8086 processor is at physical address FFFF0h (16 bytes below 1 MB). The...
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FR-V (microprocessor) (category Digital signal processors)
vector processor core. A 32-bit RISC instruction set in the superscalar core is combined with most variants integrating a dual 16-bit media processor...
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Array (data structure) (redirect from Vector data structure)
"matrices". In some cases the term "vector" is used in computing to refer to an array, although tuples rather than vectors are the more mathematically correct...
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maintainability. Chaining (vector processing) Vector processor Auto-vectorization project page of the GCC compiler Auto-vectorization documentation of the Clang/LLVM...
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high-performance workstation type machines, while Ardent developed a custom vector processor that allowed it to compete with large supercomputers for graphics-related...
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NEC SX-6 (category Vector supercomputers)
eight vector processors, which share up to 64 GB of computer memory. The SX-6 processor is a single chip implementation containing a vector processor unit...
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arrays can be called a vectorized operation, regardless of whether it is executed on a vector processor, which implements vector instructions. Array programming...
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CDC Cyber (redirect from Advanced Flexible Processor)
semiconductor memory in this series. The central processor has no I/O instructions, relying upon the peripheral processor (PP) units to do I/O. A Cyber 170-series...
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function like a stream processor with appropriate software support. It consists of a controlling processor, the PPE (Power Processing Element, an IBM PowerPC)...
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