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Implementing instruction-level parallelism within a single processor, thereby allowing faster throughput than would otherwise be possible at the same clock speed.
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superscalar — /sooˈ or sūˈpər skā lər/ (computing) adjective (of a processor) able to perform more than one instruction simultaneously ORIGIN: ↑super (3) … Useful english dictionary
Superscalar — A superscalar CPU architecture implements a form of parallelism called Instruction level parallelism within a single processor. It thereby allows faster CPU throughput than would otherwise be possible at the same clock rate. A superscalar… … Wikipedia
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Simultaneous multithreading — Simultaneous multithreading, often abbreviated as SMT, is a technique for improving the overall efficiency of superscalar CPUs with hardware multithreading. SMT permits multiple independent threads of execution to better utilize the resources… … Wikipedia
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Parallel computing — Programming paradigms Agent oriented Automata based Component based Flow based Pipelined Concatenative Concurrent computing … Wikipedia
