When there is talked about modern CPUs and GPUs the terms SIMD processor, Stream processor and Vector processor often pops up. I have been trying to figure out how these terms relate but its unclear ...

Freescale is to add vector processing into its multicore QorIQ family, and introduces two industrial processors with Ethernet. Called AltiVec, the single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) vector ...

In High Performance Computing applications, developers always desire to get the most out of the underlying hardware. As the capabilities of the hardware continue to expand, it is important that ...

First, architecture basics are detailed with information on the register sets, data types, and memory and instruction formats. Next, instruction set extensions are detailed, which include Intel® ...

Is low-level programming a sin or a virtue? It depends. When programming for using vector processing on a modern processor, ideally I’d write some code in my favorite language and it would run as fast ...

Moscow, Russia October 2, 2000 - Research Center "Module", a leading Russian developer of high-end DSP and Silicon Intellectual Property, today announced that NeuroMatrix® Core (NMC) has been approved ...