simdloop

noun

UK /ˈsɪmdluːp/

US /ˈsɪmdluːp/

A simdloop is a loop in a computer program that does the same job to many pieces of data at once.

The programmer used a simdloop to add the numbers together much faster.

SYNONYMS

vector loop parallel loop data-parallel loop SIMD loop batch loop

RELATED WORDS

SIMD vectorization parallelism loop unrolling CPU

OTHER MEANINGS

2. A repeating section of code that uses special instructions to work on several values in one step.

The compiler turned the simple loop into a simdloop for speed.

3. A teaching example that shows how one instruction can handle many data items.

In class we wrote a simdloop to double every number in a list.

4. A pattern in graphics code that processes many pixels at the same time.

The game engine uses a simdloop to brighten all the pixels quickly.