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  • noun computing A very long instruction word; an explicitly created set of processor instructions to be executed simultaneously.

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Examples

  • Integrated VLIW architecture DSP, supporting up to eight channels of deep compression wideband or narrowband codecs or 16 channels of G.711

    unknown title 2011

  • According to reports, the new Southern Islands GPUs will be made using today's 40nm process technology, will feature current-generation 5-way VLIW stream processors, but will also contain the next-generation ultra-threading engine, memory controllers, caches and other parts.

    X-bit labs Anton Shilov 2010

  • Texas Instruments a few years ago implemented exploratory compilation for its VLIW

    The Gadgeteer 2010

  • VLIW (very-long-instruction-word) ConnX 545CK DSP has eight-way SIMD units, dual 128-bit load/stores, and a Viterbi convolutional coder accelerator.

    Gadget Freak Files 2010

  • It is based on an 8-way SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data), 3-issue VLIW (Very Long Instruction Word) architecture with two 128-bit load/store units.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2010

  • Much of the processing of the offloaded protocols is implemented in microcode running on a pipe-lined VLIW engine.

    ThomasNet News - Today's New Product News ThomasNet News 2010

  • It is based on an 8-way SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data), 3-issue VLIW (Very Long Instruction Word) architecture with two 128-bit load/store units.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2010

  • VLIW (very-long-instruction-word) ConnX 545CK DSP has eight-way SIMD units, dual 128-bit load/stores, and a Viterbi convolutional coder accelerator.

    Engineering Hardware-Software 2010

  • The combination of a compiler-friendly 8-way VLIW and SIMD architecture, an advanced data cache architecture and memory management capabilities enables licensees to efficiently migrate legacy code and ensures similar DSP performance levels at a significantly lower price point.

    ThomasNet News - Today's New Product News 2010

  • Tile64 processors, the TilePro SoCs are based on a proprietary VLIW (very long instruction word) architecture, on which a MIPS-like RISC architecture is implemented in microcode.

    Linux for Devices - RSS Feeds 2009

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