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Computer Architecture & Organization
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What is the difference between "scalar" and "vector" (SIMD) processing?
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The correct answer is A) Scalar processing performs one operation on a single data element at a time; vector (SIMD - Single Instruction, Multiple Data) processing applies the same operation simultaneously to multiple data elements
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Correct Answer
Scalar processing performs one operation on a single data element at a time; vector (SIMD - Single Instruction, Multiple Data) processing applies the same operation simultaneously to multiple data elements
Explanation
SIMD instructions (like SSE/AVX on x86 or NEON on ARM) allow a single instruction to operate on multiple data values at once, greatly accelerating tasks like multimedia processing and numerical computing that perform the same operation across arrays of data.
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