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* Operations that are defined on the SIMD data types
* Operations that are defined on the SIMD data types


JavaScript currently has no support for SIMD operations. Thus developers cannot harness the awesome computational powers of SIMD-enabled CPUs.
JavaScript currently has no support for SIMD data types or operations. Thus developers cannot harness the awesome computational powers of SIMD-enabled CPUs.


=== Proposals for SIMD support in Javascript ===
=== Proposals for SIMD support in Javascript ===


There is a proposal designed by folks at Intel (a company that happens to sell SIMD-enabled CPUs): [https://01.org/blogs/tlcounts/2014/bringing-simd-javascript https://01.org/blogs/tlcounts/2014/bringing-simd-javascript]
There is a proposal designed by folks at Intel (a company that happens to sell SIMD-enabled CPUs): [https://01.org/blogs/tlcounts/2014/bringing-simd-javascript https://01.org/blogs/tlcounts/2014/bringing-simd-javascript]
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