Lect_Lec_10_VectorProcessing浙江大学体系结构.pdfVIP

Vector processing 2013Fall_Ad Computer Architecture Alternative Model: Vector Processingg Vector processors have high-level operations that workwork onon linearlinear arraysarrays ofof numbers:numbers: vectorsvectors SCALARSCALAR VECTORVECTOR (1 operation) (N operations) r1 r2 v1 v2 + + r3r3 v3v3 vector length add r3, r1, r2 add.vv v3, v1, v2 2/36 2013Fall_Ad2013Fall_AdComputer ArchitectureComputer Architecture PropertiesProperties ofof VectorVector ProcessorsProcessors Single vector instruction implies lots of work (- loop) fewer instruction fetches Each result independent of previous result longlong pipeline,pipeline, compilercompiler ensuresensures nono dependenciesdependencies high clock rate hardware does not have to check for data hazards VectorVector instructionsinstructions thatthat accessaccess memorymemory havehave aa knownknown access pattern. highly interleaved memory amortize memory latency of over - 64 elements no (data) caches required! Reduceseduces bbraanccheses aandd bbraancch pprobobleemss in ppipepelineses control hazards that would normally arise from the loop branch are nonexistent. 3/36 2013Fall_Ad2013Fall_AdComputer ArchitectureComputer