You probably weren't looking for a tutorial about SIMD, but just in case you were interested, Mitchell [0] did one recently that got on HN [1]
reply[0] Mitchell Hashimoto: "Everyone Should Know SIMD" https://mitchellh.com/writing/everyone-should-know-simd
We recently published another: https://github.com/google/highway/blob/master/g3doc/tutorial...
replyThanks, pretty much appreciated, always worth at least to skim through.
replyI definitely was so... thanks!
replyEven with languages that adopt ways to manually write SIMD, it’s mostly left to library maintainers rather than application developers.
replyI work for a C++ timeseries database startup that leverages SIMD about as much as we possibly can, and except for some extremely rare places we just use libraries.
Yeah, that is what I have heard from some NVidia folks as well, like Bryce Adelstein, use the libraries as much as possible, and leave the kernels for experts.
replyHowever even then, it depends on how the libraries API surface looks like.
With AI I'm pretty sure SIMD will be easier to integrate when necessary.
replyBut it’s not necessary at all, the whole point is that these utility libraries bring you more elegant code that work on all platforms without having to pollute your codebase with SIMD intrinsics.
replyUnless this was tongue in cheek, because this is in fact a problem with AI that it degrades your codebase in these types of ways.
In 2026 if you are not doing A with AI you are doing it wrong /s
replyWith AI, I expect it to eventually be good enough for us to finally have 5 GLs, so it won't really matter.
reply"CGO 2022 Keynote: Compiler 2.0"