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 ...

A vector processor takes a vector of values, say 10 14 666 22 84 53 45 25 14 47 91 and with 1 instruction performs the same operation on all of them, such as multiplying by a single scalar value ...

We caught wind of the “Aurora” Vector Engine vector processor and the “Tsubasa” system from NEC that makes use of it ahead of the SC17 supercomputer conference, and revealed everything we could find ...