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		pezezin 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 21 GB/s CSV Parsing Using SIMD on AMD 9950X Yeah, VLIW is still used for stuff like DSP and GPUs, but it doesn't make sense for general computing.

justsid 8 months ago [–]

GPUs have long since moved away from VLIW as well

gpderetta 8 months ago | [–]

They are still mostly statically scheduled which I think it is the point the parent is making.

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