Question

SIMD stands for __________

(a) Single Instruction Multiple Data

(b) Simple Instruction Multiple Decoding

(c) Sequential Instruction Multiple Decoding

(d) System Information Mutable Data

I had been asked this question in homework.

Question is from Intel IA-32 Pentium Architecture-2 topic in chapter Processor Families of Computer Architecture

Answer 1

Right answer is (a) Single Instruction Multiple Data

Explanation: This is the instruction used to perform an operation on multiple types of data.