Vector Facilities in MU5

R. N. Ibbett; N. P. Topham

doi:10.1007/978-1-349-19757-6_8

Vector Facilities in MU5

R. N. Ibbett, N. P. Topham

School of Informatics

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In the CRAY series of computers vector processing is used principally as a means of improving vector performance, rather than as a means of providing support in hardware for the management of data structures. Thus a data structure as seen by the programmer is broken up into small sections and mapped into the vector registers by software. In machines which process the programmer’s data structures more directly, a number of quite different problems arise from those encountered in the CRAY designs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Architecture of High Performance Computers
Subtitle of host publication	Volume I: Uniprocessors and vector processors
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Macmillan Education UK
Pages	140-155
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-349-19757-6
ISBN (Print)	978-0-333-46362-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19757-6_8
Publication status	Published - 1989

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