Cell contains a central core based on the PowerPC scalar architecture, and eight additional vector processing cores. Learning to program such hybrid parallel systems efficiently will be a challenge.

Learn about the features, advantages, and challenges of superscalar architecture and how it compares to vector, multicore, and distributed processing.

Highly scalable architecture optimized for computer vision and image workloads with extendable instruction set ...

The new sensor hub uses a highly-configurable 8-way VLIW architecture, allowing it to be tuned to address a wide range of applications. Its micro-architecture combines scalar and vector processing ...

The Role of Middleware in Optimizing Vector Processing. March 24, ... NEC’s SX-Aurora TSUBASA vector computer architecture and Frovedis middleware address these challenges while scaling from a single ...

Based on a model of a parallel vector computer with a shared memory, its scalability properties are derived. The processor-memory interconnection network is assumed to be composed of crossbar switches ...

Vector processors have significant advantages for next generation multimedia applications (MMAs). One of them is that vector processors can achieve a high data transfer performance and thus a high ...

The ARM9-based LTC3180 combines 208-MHz, 228-MIPS performance with fine-tuned power control.

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 ...