V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
SIMD
Single Instruction [stream], Multiple Data [stream] (CPU)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
Single Instruction/Multiple Data
SIMD
Single Instruction Multiple Data
(SIMD) (Or "data parallel") The classification under Flynn's
taxonomy for a parallel processor where many processing
elements (functional units) perform the same operations on
different data. There is often a central controller which
broadcasts the instruction stream to all the processing
elements.
Contrast Multiple Instruction/Multiple Data.
(1994-11-04)