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Chaining (vector processing)
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Computing/Kghtm9fX">computing</a>, chaining is a technique used in computer architecture in which <a href="/facts/Scalar_processor/Rwma07cc">scalar</a> and <a href="/facts/Vector_processing/nYAsIKT0">vector</a> registers generate interim results which can be used immediately, without additional memory references which reduce computational speed. </p><p>The chaining technique was first used by <a href="/facts/Seymour_Cray/uDpXUsXc">Seymour Cray</a> in the 80 MHz <a href="/facts/Cray_1/4afuzp0D">Cray 1 supercomputer</a> in 1976. </p>