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Vector processors date from 1960s, but the neceesary techniques for loop analysis (using Fourier-Motzkin method) was not found till 1990s.
by sanxiyn 6y ago
Vector processors date from 1960s, but the neceesary techniques for loop analysis (using Fourier-Motzkin method) was not found till 1990s.
- tjalfi 6y agoI think you are mistaken about this. Vectorizing compilers have been around since at least the late 1970s; the Cray 1[0] had a vectorizing compiler in 1978. Lamport’s Parallel Execution of DO Loops[1] was published in 1974. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray-1#Software https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray-1#Software [1] http://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/do-loops.pdf http://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/do-loops.pdf