[llvm] r264703 - Added 2 notes
Elena Demikhovsky via llvm-commits
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Mon Mar 28 23:55:56 PDT 2016
Author: delena
Date: Tue Mar 29 01:55:56 2016
New Revision: 264703
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=264703&view=rev
Log:
Added 2 notes
1) Skylake and KNL support for X86
2) masked intrinsics load/store/gather/scatter
Differential Revision: http://reviews.llvm.org/D18353
Modified:
llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
Modified: llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst?rev=264703&r1=264702&r2=264703&view=diff
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--- llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst Tue Mar 29 01:55:56 2016
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ Non-comprehensive list of changes in thi
Makes programs 10x faster by doing Special New Thing.
+Changes to the LLVM IR
+----------------------
+
+* New intrinsics ``llvm.masked.load``, ``llvm.masked.store``,
+ ``llvm.masked.gather`` and ``llvm.masked.scatter`` were introduced to the
+ LLVM IR to allow selective memory access for vector data types.
+
Changes to the ARM Backend
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@@ -90,9 +97,15 @@ Changes to the PowerPC Target
Changes to the X86 Target
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+-------------------------
- During this release ...
+* LLVM now supports the Intel CPU codenamed Skylake Server with AVX-512
+ extensions using ``-march=skylake-avx512``. The switch enables the
+ ISA extensions AVX-512{F, CD, VL, BW, DQ}.
+
+* LLVM now supports the Intel CPU codenamed Knights Landing with AVX-512
+ extensions using ``-march=knl``. The switch enables the ISA extensions
+ AVX-512{F, CD, ER, PF}.
Changes to the AMDGPU Target
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