Sorry for being late to the party. AVX has been around for quite a while now. The new kid on the block seems to be AVX-512: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1182515/Vectorization-Opportunities-for-Improved-Perform
Regards, Jens Am 12.03.2017 um 17:35 schrieb Eric Iverson: > The first AVX hardware (early 2011) runs the JE avx binary, but only a bit > faster. Results on latest hardware is more impressive. There is some > likelihood that Intel will continue to focus on this area (vectorized ops). > Significant improvements in this area are much easier for them than in > overall chip performance. AVX2 looks interesting, and the only thing > holding us back, now that we have taken the hard initial steps, is that > AVX2 hardware has just started to ship and we'll want to wait a year or so. > > If you report an avx benchmark, please indicate the processor, as this > gives useful perspective. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
