On 7 May 2015 at 02:08, Bill Budge <[email protected]> wrote: > # Contact Info > [email protected], [email protected] > > # TC39 acceptance > > SIMD.js is a proposal in ES7 > https://github.com/tc39/ecma262 > > John Mccutchan’s Strawman proposal (polyfill is spec): > https://github.com/johnmccutchan/ecmascript_simd > > > # Interest from other vendors > > Mozilla has implemented this in Firefox: > https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/10/introducing-simd-js/ > > https://blog.mozilla.org/javascript/2015/03/10/state-of-simd-js-performance-in-firefox/ > > Microsoft has announced plans to implement SIMD.js in Chakra, their > Javascript engine. > Slides: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2015/2-763 > Video: http://video.ch9.ms/sessions/build/2015/2-763-LG.mp4 > > SIMD.js discussion starts at minute 45:35 and demoed with Mandelbrot at > time 49:00. > > # Technical considerations > > Implementing SIMD should have a small impact on code complexity in V8. > There are lots of > SIMD types and operations but they are very regular. > > > # Implementation/testing > > Design Document to come. >
Note that a proper design doc is a prerequisite for signing off on an intent-to-implement. In particular, I expect that working out such a document will very quickly rectify the above statement about the impact on code complexity. /Andreas -- -- v8-users mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "v8-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
