Vc: A C++ library for explicit vectorization

Software - Practice and Experience

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1409-1430

  Kretz, Matthias ^a   Lindenstruth, Volker ^a  

^a FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

AVX; C++; data parallel; LRBni; optimization; SIMD; SSE; Vc; vectorization

Indexed keywords

AVX; C; DATA PARALLEL; LRBNI; SIMD; SSE; VC; VECTORIZATION;

OPTIMIZATION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

HARDWARE;

EID: 84867098190     PISSN: 00380644     EISSN: 1097024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spe.1149     Document Type: Article

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