[geeks] examples of vector processors (vs scalar processors)

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 04:33:27PM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:

>   Several modern processors have SIMD functionality which can (somewhat
> loosely I suppose) be called vector capabilities.  .UltraSPARC VIS,
> Pentium MMX, and PowerPC AltiVec come to mind.  I believe HP's newer
> PA-RISC processors have a similar capabilitiy but I don't know what
> it's called offhand.

Yes, but does this make them vector processors, or just scalar
processors with minor vector units?
 
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Joshua D. Boyd