Vector seeker
G. Carl Evans, S.G. Abraham, Bob Kuhn, David Padua · 2014
The importance of vector instructions is growing in modern computers. Almost all architectures include some form of vector instructions and the tendency is for the size of the instructions to grow with newer designs. To take advantage of the performance that these systems offer, it is imperative that programs use these instructions, and yet they do not always do so. The tools to take advantage of these extensions require programmer assistance either by hand coding or providing hints to the compiler.