superscalar

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ scalar.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

superscalar (not comparable)

  1. (computing, of a CPU architecture) Implementing instruction-level parallelism within a single processor, thereby allowing faster throughput than would otherwise be possible at the same clock speed.

Noun

superscalar (plural superscalars)

  1. A superscalar processor, architecture or pipeline.

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