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# `Simd<[T; N]>`
## Implementation of [Rust RFC #2366: `std::simd`][rfc2366]
[![Latest Version]][crates.io] [![docs]][master_docs]
**WARNING**: this crate only supports the most recent nightly Rust toolchain
and will be superseded by [`#![feature(portable_simd)]`](https://github.com/rust-lang/portable-simd).
## Documentation
* [API docs (`master` branch)][master_docs]
* [Performance guide][perf_guide]
* [API docs (`docs.rs`)][docs.rs]
* [RFC2366 `std::simd`][rfc2366]: - contains motivation, design rationale,
discussion, etc.
## Examples
Most of the examples come with both a scalar and a vectorized implementation.
* [`aobench`](https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/packed_simd/tree/master/examples/aobench)
* [`fannkuch_redux`](https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/packed_simd/tree/master/examples/fannkuch_redux)
* [`matrix inverse`](https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/packed_simd/tree/master/examples/matrix_inverse)
* [`mandelbrot`](https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/packed_simd/tree/master/examples/mandelbrot)
* [`n-body`](https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/packed_simd/tree/master/examples/nbody)
* [`options_pricing`](https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/packed_simd/tree/master/examples/options_pricing)
* [`spectral_norm`](https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/packed_simd/tree/master/examples/spectral_norm)
* [`triangle transform`](https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/packed_simd/tree/master/examples/triangle_xform)
* [`stencil`](https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/packed_simd/tree/master/examples/stencil)
* [`vector dot product`](https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/packed_simd/tree/master/examples/dot_product)
## Cargo features
* `into_bits` (default: disabled): enables `FromBits`/`IntoBits` trait
implementations for the vector types. These allow reinterpreting the bits of a
vector type as those of another vector type safely by just using the
`.into_bits()` method.
## Performance
The following [ISPC] examples are also part of `packed_simd`'s
[`examples/`](https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/packed_simd/tree/master/examples/)
directory, where `packed_simd`+[`rayon`][rayon] are used to emulate [ISPC]'s
Single-Program-Multiple-Data (SPMD) programming model. The performance results
on different hardware is shown in the `readme.md` of each example. The following
table summarizes the performance ranges, where `+` means speed-up and `-`
slowdown:
* `aobench`: `[-1.02x, +1.53x]`,
* `stencil`: `[+1.06x, +1.72x]`,
* `mandelbrot`: `[-1.74x, +1.2x]`,
* `options_pricing`:
* `black_scholes`: `+1.0x`
* `binomial_put`: `+1.4x`
While SPMD is not the intended use case for `packed_simd`, it is possible to
combine the library with [`rayon`][rayon] to poorly emulate [ISPC]'s SPMD programming
model in Rust. Writing performant code is not as straightforward as with
[ISPC], but with some care (e.g. see the [Performance Guide][perf_guide]) one
can easily match and often out-perform [ISPC]'s "default performance".
## Platform support
The following table describes the supported platforms: `build` shows whether
the library compiles without issues for a given target, while `run` shows
whether the test suite passes for a given target.
| **Linux** | **build** | **run** |
|---------------------------------------|-----------|---------|
| `i586-unknown-linux-gnu` | ✓ | ✗ |
| `i686-unknown-linux-gnu` | ✓ | ✗ |
| `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu` | ✓ | ✓ |
| `arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf` | ✓ | ✓ |
| `armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabi` | ✓ | ✓ |
| `aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu` | ✓ | ✓ |
| `powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu` | ✓ | ✗ |
| `powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu` | ✓ | ✗ |
| `powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu` | ✓ | ✓ |
| `s390x-unknown-linux-gnu` | ✓ | ✗ |
| `sparc64-unknown-linux-gnu` | ✓ | ✗ |
| `thumbv7neon-unknown-linux-gnueabihf` | ✓ | ✓ |
| **MacOSX** | **build** | **run** |
| `x86_64-apple-darwin` | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Android** | **build** | **run** |
| `x86_64-linux-android` | ✓ | ✓ |
| `armv7-linux-androideabi` | ✓ | ✗ |
| `aarch64-linux-android` | ✓ | ✗ |
| `thumbv7neon-linux-androideabi` | ✓ | ✗ |
| **iOS** | **build** | **run** |
| `x86_64-apple-ios` | ✗ | ✗ |
| `aarch64-apple-ios` | ✗ | ✗ |
## Machine code verification
The
[`verify/`](https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/packed_simd/tree/master/verify)
crate tests disassembles the portable packed vector APIs at run-time and
compares the generated machine code against the desired one to make sure that
this crate remains efficient.
## License
This project is licensed under either of
* [Apache License, Version 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE))
* [MIT License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT))
at your option.
## Contributing
We welcome all people who want to contribute.
Please see the [contributing instructions] for more information.
Contributions in any form (issues, pull requests, etc.) to this project
must adhere to Rust's [Code of Conduct].
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in `packed_simd` by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be
dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.
[travis]: https://travis-ci.com/rust-lang/packed_simd
[Travis-CI Status]: https://travis-ci.com/rust-lang/packed_simd.svg?branch=master
[appveyor]: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/gnzlbg/packed-simd
[Appveyor Status]: https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/hd7v9dvr442hgdix?svg=true
[Latest Version]: https://img.shields.io/crates/v/packed_simd.svg
[crates.io]: https://crates.io/crates/packed_simd
[docs]: https://docs.rs/packed_simd/badge.svg
[docs.rs]: https://docs.rs/packed_simd
[master_docs]: https://rust-lang-nursery.github.io/packed_simd/packed_simd/
[perf_guide]: https://rust-lang-nursery.github.io/packed_simd/perf-guide/
[rfc2366]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/2366
[ISPC]: https://ispc.github.io/
[rayon]: https://crates.io/crates/rayon
[boost_license]: https://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt
[SLEEF]: https://sleef.org/
[sleef_sys]: https://crates.io/crates/sleef-sys
[contributing instructions]: contributing.md
[Code of Conduct]: https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/conduct.html
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