single instruction stream-multiple data stream
Definitions
General Science
Electronics
- A computer architecture in which multiple processors simultaneously and independently execute the same instruction set on different sets of data. Its abbreviation is SIMD. Also called single instruction-multiple data stream, or data parallel.
- acronymSIMD
- synonymsingle instruction-multiple data stream
Computing
- noun the architecture of a parallel computer which has a number of ALUs and data buses with one control unit.
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