superscalar
- noun
- Specialized
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procesador superscalar
- We have implemented our techniques and evaluated them on an IBM superscalar RISC workstation with a POWER2 processor using a suite of 13 matrices.
- superscalar processor
- superscalar RISC
- superscalar workstation
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The allocation of machine resources to instructions is a critical mechanism in the scheduling of instructions for superscalar machines.
Academic text (1994) -
Section 6 discusses a prototype of the central component of a high-frequency out-of-order superscalar processor.
Academic text (2000) -
The performance results demonstrate that superscalar capabilities are an attractive alternative to aggressive clock rates.
Academic text (1994) -
We describe the techniques in the next section and comment, where appropriate, on their applicability to other current superscalar processors.
Academic text (1997) -
Many superscalar RISC processors have at least two load/store units.
Academic text (1997) -
However, aside from interrupts, each pipeline stage in a superscalar processor effectively has its own view of the current instruction.
Academic text (1994) -
The prefetching technique should improve performance on superscalar RISC processors that have more than one load/store unit.
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Three main factors contribute to the poor performance of sparse-matrix vector multiplication on modern superscalar RISC processors.
Academic text (1997) -
The high performance of pipelined, superscalar processors such as the POWER2TM and PowerPCTM is achieved in large part through the parallel execution of instructions.
Academic text (1994) -
The new superscalar architecture allows the processor to execute multiple instructions at once.
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Morphology
Etymology
Superscalar as a noun joins super- 'more' or 'above' with scalar 'single number', so a superscalar is a processor that runs several instructions at once and the name itself tells you it does 'more' than a single-instruction chip.
