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

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