Multimedia vectorization of floating-point MIN/MAX reductions

Carole Goble, A. J C Bik, Xinmin Tian, Milind B. Girkar

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    Abstract

    Finding the minimum or maximum value in an array forms an important step in a variety of applications. This paper discusses vectorization schemes that take advantage of the streaming-SIMD-extensions in commonly used floating-point MIN and MAX reductions. Performance advantages are demonstrated with experimental results. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationConcurrency Computation Practice and Experience|Concurrency Comput. Pract. Exper.
    PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd
    Pages997-1007
    Number of pages10
    Volume18
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 10 Aug 2006
    Event2nd International Workshop on Emerging Technologies for Next-Generation GRID (ETNGRID 2005) - Linkoping, SWEDEN
    Duration: 1 Jan 20071 Jan 2007

    Conference

    Conference2nd International Workshop on Emerging Technologies for Next-Generation GRID (ETNGRID 2005)
    CityLinkoping, SWEDEN
    Period1/01/071/01/07

    Keywords

    • Compilers
    • Multimedia extensions
    • Optimization
    • SIMD
    • Vectorization

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