Both the Intel Xeon processor and the Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor continue to increase in performance as each generation is developed. To gain maximum performance from these architectures, it is ...

Many high-performance DSP and general-purpose processors are equipped with SIMD (single-instruction, multiple data) hardware and instructions. SIMD enables processors to execute a single instruction ...

Is low-level programming a sin or a virtue? It depends. When programming for using vector processing on a modern processor, ideally I’d write some code in my favorite language and it would run as fast ...

Virtualisation hardware is for security – allowing multiple operating systems to run on a single core with no possibility of data interaction. A banking application, for example, can safely run at the ...

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CAMBRIDGE, England — Processor licensor ARM Holdings plc has launched a single instruction multiple data (SIMD) extension to its architecture called Neon. Neon addresses signal and media processing ...

Have you been having trouble playing Resident Evil 7? I know a lot of people have been physically unable to get the game to work due to the system requirements, as the game’s code required the use of ...

A 32bit V850 CPU core recently unveiled by Renesas Electronics is claimed to offer both real-time control and signal processing performance on a par with digital signal processors (DSPs). Its aim is ...