6. Glossary
AVX (Advanced Vector Extension)
Characterizes SIMD extensions in the Intel 64 instruction set: AVX instructions work on 256-bit registers and memory words, and AVX-512 instructions on 512-bit registers and memory words.
MOESI
cache coherence protocol used in multi-core systems
MESIF
cache coherence protocol used in multi-core systems
SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data)
Processor instructions performing the same operation on several consecutive data contained in a register or memory cell
VPU (Vector Processing Unit)
Name of SIMD computing unit in Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors
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