Re: [boost] [simd] Hardware support

Subject: Re: [boost] [simd] Hardware support
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-04-08 11:06:43

On 8 April 2017 at 11:14, Bjorn Reese via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> Boost.SIMD only supports x86.
>
> Are there plans for ARM NEON and/or MIPS SIMD?
>

Other platforms are supported in the proprietary version of the library.
https://developer.numscale.com/bsimd/documentation/v1.17.3.0/

Earlier versions of the IBM POWER and PowerPC support used to be
open-source as well.

What does Boost.SIMD currently do on unsupported platforms? Revert
> back to SISD?
>

Yes, likewise if you're on x86 but requesting an operation that your
hardware does not support, it will still work using the best possible
implementation.