AVX-512 can benefit the average Joe, it appears.

  • BrikoXOPM
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    5 hours ago

    It’s about code optimization and efficiency. Most assembly code these days just relies on compilers for optimization as hand optimizing is extremely time-consuming work.

    • propter_hog [any, any]@hexbear.net
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      1 hour ago

      To add to this, it’s also very easy and very likely to write assembly that has zero speedup or even significant slowdown versus what the compiler will write.