VECTORIZATION OF MACHINE LEVEL SCALAR INSTRUCTIONS IN A COMPUTER PROGRAM DURING EXECUTION OF THE COMPUTER PROGRAM

摘要

A method of operating a computer processor includes storing at least one machine level vector instruction in a memory and replacing a plurality of machine level scalar instructions in a computer program with the at least one machine level vector instruction during execution of the computer program based on execution addresses associated with the plurality of machine level scalar instructions and/or instruction opcodes associated with the plurality of machine level scalar instructions.