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 ...

Uppsala, Sweden—June 4, 2020—IAR Systems®, the future-proof supplier of software tools and services for embedded development, today announces initial support for the draft RISC-V P extension in its ...

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 ...

For the majority of workloads, fiddling with assembly instructions isn’t worth it. The added complexity and code obfuscation generally outweigh the relatively modest gains. Mainly because compilers ...

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 ...

Performance and cost are intimately linked in DSP applications for cell phones, music players, and other consumer systems. The DSP must offer enough performance for the current requirement at the ...