simdcomputing
nounUK /ˌsɪmˈdiː kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ/
US /ˌsɪmˈdiː kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ/
A way for a computer to do the same job on many pieces of data all at once.
Video games use SIMD computing to move thousands of pixels at the same time.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A hardware design where one instruction controls many processing lanes.
The chip's SIMD computing lets one command add eight numbers in a single step.
3. A programming style that packs data into wide registers for speed.
The coder rewrote the loop using SIMD computing to make it faster.
4. A technique used in graphics and scientific software to boost performance.
Weather models rely on SIMD computing to crunch huge grids of numbers.