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SIMD died out back in the 90s because no one could get that magical parallelizing compiler to work. That "magical parallelizing compiler" does work, and is kno
by DarkShikari 15y ago
SIMD died out back in the 90s because no one could get that magical parallelizing compiler to work.
That "magical parallelizing compiler" does work, and is known as a "human being". This curious type of compiler has been used for over 20 years to produce countless lines of SIMD code, ranging from Altivec to SSE.