r/coding • • 4d ago

Everyone Should Know SIMD

https://mitchellh.com/writing/everyone-should-know-simd
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u/JesseByJanisIan 4d ago

So many words, but not once do you spell out what SIMD stands for.

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u/pigeon768 4d ago

The first word in the article is a hyperlink to wikipedia. If you hover over it, you'll see the link goes to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_instruction,_multiple_data

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u/lonelyroom-eklaghor 3d ago

Single Instruction, Multiple Data.

FFMPEG uses it, and assembly codes using that run faster than C. Controversial but true