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 ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The speed and efficiency of traditionally developed software applications is limited by the fact ...

As mentioned, SIMD processors have limited efficiency for the final image-processing steps that are either mainly serialized or require floating-point arithmetic. Additionally, when compared with ...

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 ...

The maturity level of RISC-V and the availability of domain-specific instruction set extensions, like vector processing, make RISC-V a good candidate for supporting the integration of specialized ...

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® ...

Codeplay Software, a specialist in Open-Standard software tools and services for high-performance computing has announced support for Andes Technology's AndesCore NX27V IP. The NX27V is an RV64GC ...