On Wed, 27 May 2026 06:31:22 GMT, Jatin Bhateja <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Add a new Float16lVector type and corresponding concrete vector classes, in >> addition to existing primitive vector types, maintaining operation parity >> with the FloatVector type. >> - Add necessary inline expander support. >> - Enable intrinsification for a few vector operations, namely >> ADD/SUB/MUL/DIV/MAX/MIN/SQRT/FMA. >> - Use existing Float16 vector IR and backend support. >> - Extended the existing VectorAPI JTREG test suite for the newly added >> Float16Vector operations. >> >> The idea here is to first be at par with Float16 auto-vectorization support >> before intrinsifying new operations (conversions, reduction, etc). >> >> The following are the performance numbers for some of the selected >> Float16Vector benchmarking kernels compared to equivalent auto-vectorized >> Float16OperationsBenchmark kernels. >> >> <img width="1344" height="532" alt="image" >> src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c8157c3c-22b0-4bc1-9de9-7a68cadb7b2a"; >> /> >> >> Initial RFP[1] was floated on the panama-dev mailing list. >> >> Kindly review the draft PR and share your feedback. >> >> Best Regards, >> Jatin >> >> [1] https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/panama-dev/2025-August/021100.html >> >> --------- >> - [x] I confirm that I make this contribution in accordance with the >> [OpenJDK Interim AI Policy](https://openjdk.org/legal/ai). > > Jatin Bhateja has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional > commit since the last revision: > > Review comments resolution It appears the top-level Vector docs still describe the API as "six abstract subclasses of Vector corresponding to the supported set of element types ...". Should it be updated as part of this integration to mention Float16Vector as the newly added abstract subclass, with Float16 semantics and short carrier APIs, rather than leaving everything only in Float16Vector? ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28002#issuecomment-4561219047
