superscalar
- adjective
- /ˈsuːpərˌskeɪlər/
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superscalar
- The superscalar processor can execute multiple instructions at once, significantly improving its performance.
- superscalar processor
- superscalar capability
- superscalar RISC
Examples
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One of the limiting factors in issuing multiple instructions in a superscalar processor is the number of floating-point pipelines.
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Our techniques are also applicable to other superscalar RISC processors.
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Recent enhancements to the architecture and implementation provide greater superscalar capability.
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These superscalar capabilities involve multiple functional units and the hardware complexity to allow the units to function relatively autonomously.
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The processor contains five superscalar execution units: simple integer point unit (R-pipe).
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RS/6000 systems and compilers aggressively exploit superscalar capabilities.
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The implementations differ in the degree of superscalar parallelism, the depth of pipelines, and the latencies of instructions.
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The performance improvements shown by our experiments verify that our techniques, with the possible exception of prefetching, are general and should improve performance on most superscalar RISC machines.
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The POWER2 enhanced superscalar capability further widens the gap between the instruction-level parallelism and clock rate approaches.
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To improve performance over that of the existing POWER-based RS/6000 systems, the ICU designers focused on enhancing branch and superscalar performance while minimizing the cache miss penalty.
Academic text (1994)
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Etymology
Superscalar comes from the parts super- meaning 'more' or 'above' and scalar meaning a 'single number', like a simple number rather than a list. So a superscalar processor is one that does 'more than one' instruction at the same time, which is why the word describes that faster type of chip.