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0 pointsavianes4y ago0 comments

The terminology "vector processor" refers to a completely different type of architecture. Using it for SIMT architecture would be confusing

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dahart4y ago· 2 in thread

What definition of vector processor are you thinking of? Wikipedia’s definition appears to agree with the parent, and even states “Modern graphics processing units […] can be considered vector processors” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_processor

avianesOP4y ago

Yes, the definition matches. But that doesn't mean that the architecture and the micro-architecture used is similar.

So.. Yes! We can say that these architectures are some kind of "vector processors", but it will be ambiguous regarding the programming model and the architecture used.

dahart4y ago

I’m interested to hear what you mean by “vector processor”. What does that imply to the lay person, and how is it different enough to be confusing when applied to GPUs? What does the term imply to you in terms of architecture?

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