FMA operations are not yet supported, but there is an open pull request:
https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/8112

On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 07:20:12 UTC, ivo welch wrote:
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> 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?
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> /iaw
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