Can’t find it from my phone, but an article I read was talking about this a couple months ago. Basic idea was that vector doesn’t need to expose alignment or execution unit size to the ISA. No need to handle all the edge cases in the code.
-
-
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Indeed, it’s a pretty clever design, and can benefit from newer hardware without having to rewrite code (which is definitely an issue with the packed approach, at least for long-lived code).
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.