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Preface
Intended Audience
This manual is for the system or application programmer of a VAX 6000
system with a vector processor.
Document Structure
This manual has three chapters and an appendix, as follows:
• Chapter 1, Vector Processing Concepts, describes basic vector
concepts and how vector processing differs from scalar processing.
• Chapter 2, VAX 6000 Series Vector Processor, gives an overview
of the vector coprocessor and related vector features.
• Chapter 3, Optimizing with MACRO–32, using MACRO–32
and FORTRAN programming examples, illustrates particular
programming techniques that take advantage of the high performance
of the VAX 6000 series vector processor.
• Appendix A, Algorithm Optimization Examples, provides
examples of optimization in two application areas: equation solvers
and signal processing.
• A Glossary and Index provide additional reference support.
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