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		jonstewart on Sept 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Arm’s Neoverse V2 Whither SVE? Will trying to use 256 bit vectors still result in the sad trombone condition register getting set?

brucethemoose2 on Sept 12, 2023 | [–]

Its 4x128 bit units now.

TBH this makes sense, as pretty much all the ARM code in the wild will be using NEON.

Symmetry on Sept 12, 2023 | [–]

If you could get your hands on a Fujitsu A64FX you could get some really wide SVE vectors but those aren't really supposed to be for consumers.

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