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

[Dave McGuire]

On August 5, Joshua D Boyd 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?

  Well this is a good point, definitely the latter...but where do you
draw the line?  I don't know of *any* processor that is a pure vector
machine without scalar capability.

        -Dave

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