Excellent Ze'ev! Thank you for sharing. ________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> on behalf of Ze'ev Atlas <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2020 10:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Does the z architecture have something like the SIMD instructions
Caution! This message was sent from outside your organization. Hi allI followed some advice her and yes, IBM has a pretty advanced SIMD architecture from z13 onward. I am not sure about previous attempts, but the current architecture seems to be pretty advanced. BTW IBM claims that with 'arch(12)' COBOL. PL/I, C, Java will use that facility at least partially see https://ibmsystemsmag.com/IBM-Z/01/2018/vector-facility-z14 [http://ibmsystemsmag.com//getattachment/c171a91d-6082-4cf8-89a1-e7a73f367569/arrows_nodes.jpg]<https://ibmsystemsmag.com/IBM-Z/01/2018/vector-facility-z14> How to Exploit the Vector Packed Decimal Facility in IBM z14 | IBM Systems Media<https://ibmsystemsmag.com/IBM-Z/01/2018/vector-facility-z14> ibmsystemsmag.com With the IBM announcement of the IBM z14 platform, new features became available, including a new instruction set for the decimal numbers using the Vector Facility. Ze'ev Atlas
