Introducing the Vector C

  • Patricio Bulić
  • Veselko Guštin
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Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 2565)

Abstract

This paper presents the vector C (VC) language, which is designed for the multimedia extensions included in all modern microprocessors. The paper discusses the language syntax, the implementation of its compiler and its use in developing multimedia applications. The goal was to provide programmers with the most natural way of using multimedia processing facilities in the C language. The VC language has been used to develop some of the most frequently used multimedia kernels. The experiments on these scientific and multimedia applications have yielded good performance improvements.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Patricio Bulić
    • 1
  • Veselko Guštin
    • 1
  1. 1.Faculty of Computer and Information ScienceUniversity of LjubljanaLjubljanaSlovenia

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