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vector processing

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vector processing [′vek·tər ′prä‚ses·iŋ]
(computer science)
A procedure for speeding the processing of information by a computer, in which pipelined units perform arithmetic operations on uniform, linear arrays of data values, and a single instruction involves the execution of the same operation on every element of the array.


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CPU: The CPU of Xbox 360 has vector processing power and a dot product instruction.
According to Cray, its supercomputers will combine standard microprocessors, vector processing, multi-threading and hardware accelerators in a single platform over the next few years.
Vector processing uses pipelining and high-memory bandwidth to achieve very high single processor performance by exploiting fine-grained parallelism within the inner loops of atmospheric codes.
 
 
 
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