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authorNadav Rotem <nrotem@apple.com>2012-12-26 06:03:35 +0000
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Doc: add fmuladd to the list of vectorizeable functions. Thanks hfinkel.
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@@ -183,6 +183,18 @@ vectorization is profitable.
A[i] += 4 * B[i];
}
+
+Vectorization of Special Idioms
+-------------------------------
+
+The Loop Vectorizer can detect and vectorize
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ for ( k=1 ; k<n ; k++ ) {
+ x[k] = x[k-1] + y[k];
+ }
+
Vectorization of function calls
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -200,6 +212,8 @@ See the table below for a list of these functions.
+-----+-----+---------+
|fma |trunc|nearbyint|
+-----+-----+---------+
+| | | fmuladd |
++-----+-----+---------+
Performance
-----------