Re: [fpc-devel] APX instruction set

2025-05-21 Thread Marģers . via fpc-devel
ly to message - Subject: Re: [fpc-devel] APX instruction set Date: trešd., 2025. g. 21. maijs 21:37 From: J. Gareth Moreton via fpc-devel < fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org> To: < fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org>   FPC is always going to be a bit behind the curve because gcc,

Re: [fpc-devel] APX instruction set

2025-05-21 Thread J. Gareth Moreton via fpc-devel
FPC is always going to be a bit behind the curve because gcc, for example, has corporate sponsors.  Heck, when I interviewed for a role at ARM (which I didn't get), they made clear that they help develop GCC and LLVM directly.  Can't easily compete with the actual CPU manufacturers contributing

[fpc-devel] APX instruction set

2025-05-21 Thread Marģers . via fpc-devel
Hi, I am looking forward to implement APX instructions set. APX extend general purpose register count to 32. By reading official documentation about instructions sets from Intel it come to my attention that APX is in Intel's road map for upcoming Diamond Rapids cpu. It will be in metal rather so