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Steven Kalt · Apr 11, 2022

Portable Rust SIMD Beginner's Guide

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TL;DR: A SIMD value is called a vector . […] A SIMD vector has a fixed size, known at compile time. [ A] vector is generally aligned to its entire size. A single element position within a [SIMD] vector is called a lane The extra-wide registers that are used for SIMD operations are commonly called vector registers, […] “SIMD registers”, vendor names for specific features,…

TL;DR:

  • A SIMD value is called a vector. […] A SIMD vector has a fixed size, known at compile time. [ A] vector is generally aligned to its entire size.

  • A single element position within a [SIMD] vector is called a lane

  • The extra-wide registers that are used for SIMD operations are commonly called vector registers, […] “SIMD registers”, vendor names for specific features, or even “floating-point register”

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