資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Very Long Instruction Word
     
        (VLIW) Used to describe an {assembly language} {instruction
        set} implemented using {horizontal microcode}.  A horizontally
        encoded instruction word which encodes four or more operations
        might be considered "very long".
     
        VLIW architectures are sometimes classified as a type of
        static {superscalar} architecture.  They are static in the
        sense that which units operate in parallel is determined by
        the instruction rather than by dynamic scheduling at run time.
     
        Producing code for VLIW machines is difficult; {trace
        scheduling} is a helpful compiler technique.
     
        The most famous VLIW machine was built by (the late)
        {Multiflow Computer, Inc.}
     
        (1994-11-11)