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Quote: add a full vector architecture to x86 and PowerPC; via their multimedia extensions; keeps the memory system busy
Topic:
computer architecture
Topic:
vector processing
Quotation Skeleton
A vector case study shows how new functionality … primarily by enhancing their multimedia extensions … [p. 68] For example, Figure 1 compares performance on … and lowest clock rates. The super-scalar Power 4 … their peak performance on three of four programs. … vector programs strive to keep the memory system … [p. 69] true vector architectures specify vector length in … [p. 73] all vector instructions operate under the mask. … [Only selected elements are computed.] … Google-1 Google-2
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Topic: computer architecture (46 items)
Topic: vector processing (15 items)