When there is talked about modern CPUs and GPUs the terms SIMD processor, Stream processor and Vector processor often pops up. I have been trying to figure out how these terms relate but its unclear ...

The computing industry has reached a significant milestone with the ratification of the 1.0 RISC-V Vector Specification. This development marks the beginning of a new era in computing efficiency, as ...

Since its proposal back in 1991 by Joe Mitola in a landmark paper on thesubject, the notion of Software Defined Radio (SDR) has captured theimagination of wireless design engineers in both government ...

While most articles in this section discuss the reprogramming of graphics processors, other large arrays of processing elements are available as standard-product ICs for other applications. In some ...

The processors in today’s computers have grown tremendously in performance, capabilities and complexity over the past decade. Clock speed has skyrocketed, and size has dwindled, even as the number of ...