I read this old paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1176257 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1176257 that compared VLIWs, superscalars and Vector pr

I read this old paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1176257 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1176257 that compared VLIWs, superscalars and Vector processors for embedded devices and it turns out Vector processors perform the best (for the given benchmark) with the second-lowest power consumption