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A close look at vector performance of register-to-register vector computers and a new model

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SIGMETRICS '87: Proceedings of the 1987 ACM SIGMETRICS conference on Measurement and modeling of computer systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/29903.29911

Published: 01 May 1987 Publication History

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