What is SIMD?
Short for single instruction, multiple data: one instruction performs the same operation on several data elements at once. It speeds up image processing and AI calculations.
Field: CPUs and architecture
SIMD in the explanations
SIMD applies one instruction to multiple data elements in parallel; a 512-bit register, for example, processes sixteen 32-bit values at once.
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