On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 9:38 PM Nicholai Tukanov <nicholaituka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like to understand how to go about extending the SIMD framework in > order to add support for POWER10. Specifically, I would like to add the > following instructions: `lxvp` and `stxvp` which loads/stores 256 bits > into/from two vectors. I believe that this will be able to give a decent > performance boost for those on POWER machines since it can halved the > amount of loads/stores issued. > Thanks for proposing this Nicholai. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than me can point out how to go about this. > Additionally, matrix engines (2-D SIMD instructions) are becoming quite > popular due to their performance improvements for deep learning and > scientific computing. Would it be beneficial to add these new advanced SIMD > instructions into the framework or should these instructions be left to > libraries such as OpenBLAS and MKL? > This is indeed best left to OpenBLAS, MKL et al. Cheers, Ralf
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