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scalar processor

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scalar processor

A computer that performs arithmetic computations on one number at a time. Contrast with vector processor.


scalar processor [′skā·lər ′prä‚ses·ər]
(computer science)
A computer that carries out computations on one number at a time.


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Coupled with computations in the same instruction bundle, the result is both dramatically higher performance and dramatically lower power consumption compared to the same task being run on a conventional single-issue scalar processor with only a traditional system bus interface.
Each CM also includes fast SRAM and registers that are shared between the Scalar Processor and the Vector Processor to allow data formatting, scalar processing, and vector processing to take place simultaneously.
 
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