Some of your questions may be answered by 
https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/vectorization-in-julia

--Tim

On Tuesday, December 02, 2014 11:20:12 PM ivo welch wrote:
> dear julia experts:  my question is not important, but I am curious: there
> seem to be a bewildering array of float vector processor instructions from
> intel and amd.  the latest seem to be FMA3 and FMA4, if I am not mistaken.
>  does julia use these CPU hardware features and/or its preceding ops?  if
> so, I also wonder how much difference it makes.  a while ago, I was
> wondering whether something like the amd kaveri's with their unified memory
> would give us the power of the graphics processor on the CPU without the
> hassle of GPU programming.  there is a whole toolchain to worry about, too,
> and I am too busy/lazy to see if I can get it to work.  I would only be
> helped by this if it were transparent.  so, mine is merely a curiosity
> question...does julia?  will julia?
> 
> /iaw

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