Some programs and games require a feature called AVX to function properly. AVX stands for Advanced Vector Extensions, a set ...

One of the main benefits to using new generation of hardware for high performance computing is that the new systems can not only speed up performance through the use of more cores, but also that new ...

Intel AVX-512 is the latest in a long history of x86 vector instruction sets. Vector instructions, commonly known as SIMD instructions, are special because they do more than one operation at a time.

The PlayStation 3's Cell Broadband Engine was fairly unlike any other processor. It had capabilities that make emulating the system surprisingly demanding, even for modern hardware. As we've reported ...

The AVX-512 instruction set has had a bizarre history. Originally introduced with Intel's Xeon Phi processors based on the "Knights Landing" design, it later found its way into the company's server ...