By: Jan Wassenberg (jan.wassenberg.delete@this.gmail.com), May 18, 2022 10:29 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
Doug S (foo.delete@this.bar.bar) on May 18, 2022 10:26 am wrote:
> I don't think it makes sense for ANYONE to invest in AVX512 support for software because of some future assessment it will be table stakes - or even EXIST in the future. The only reason to make that investment is if it pays off TODAY, based on the installed base of AVX512 support in your target market TODAY.
From where I sit, the only investment required for AVX-512 is a few extra seconds of compile time plus maybe ~100KiB larger binaries.
> I don't think it makes sense for ANYONE to invest in AVX512 support for software because of some future assessment it will be table stakes - or even EXIST in the future. The only reason to make that investment is if it pays off TODAY, based on the installed base of AVX512 support in your target market TODAY.
From where I sit, the only investment required for AVX-512 is a few extra seconds of compile time plus maybe ~100KiB larger binaries.