A relatively easy way for a C programmer to bridge the gap is to use something like DynASM[0]. Alternatively, for SPMD-like problems, Intel's open source ISPC[

A relatively easy way for a C programmer to bridge the gap is to use something like DynASM[0]. Alternatively, for SPMD-like problems, Intel's open source ISPC[1] compiler is a pretty easy way to benefit from the SIMD hardware in your processor. [0] http://luajit.org/dynasm.html http://luajit.org/dynasm.html [1] http://ispc.github.io/ http://ispc.github.io/