VLIW (Very Long Instruction Word)
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:architecture
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| gptkbp:abbreviation |
Very Long Instruction Word
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| gptkbp:advantage |
simpler hardware design
code size increase less tolerance to runtime hazards compiler complexity potentially higher performance |
| gptkbp:category |
gptkb:architecture
parallel computing |
| gptkbp:characteristic |
multiple operations encoded in a single instruction word
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| gptkbp:contrastsWith |
superscalar architecture
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| gptkbp:designedFor |
exploiting instruction-level parallelism
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| gptkbp:fullName |
Very Long Instruction Word
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
VLIW (Very Long Instruction Word)
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| gptkbp:notableFor |
gptkb:Intel_Itanium
gptkb:Transmeta_Crusoe Elbrus 2000 Texas Instruments TMS320C6x HP PA-RISC 2.0 |
| gptkbp:proposedBy |
gptkb:Josh_Fisher
1983 |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:EPIC_(Explicitly_Parallel_Instruction_Computing)
instruction-level parallelism superscalar processor |
| gptkbp:usedIn |
embedded systems
microprocessors |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:AA_(Advanced_Architecture)
gptkb:EPIC_(Explicitly_Parallel_Instruction_Computing) |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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