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The simd Wasm proposal has been stabilized (Phase 5) since a long time now. Many Wasm producers already can produce simd capable Wasm binaries and it is likely to gain even more traction.
Wasmi originally did not intend to support simd and was hoping for an eventual uptake of the alternative flexible-vectors Wasm proposal. However, it seems unlikely at this point that the alternative design will see significant development in the near to medium future.
Having simd support in wasmi is the final missing Wasm proposal required to make Wasmi Wasm 2.0 compatible which would be great for advertisement. Obviously, simd users could use Wasmi. In some past tests we actually saw decreased file sizes by using simd proposal when generating Wasm, so it might also have a nice side benefit. Especially Wasm based game engines that rely on Wasmi might find simd support very useful.
Due to the massive size of the Wasm simd proposal it will be put behind a crate feature flag simd. This is important for users who do not need simd support as this will significantly impact Wasmi compile time and Wasm execution performance as well as memory usage during Wasm execution.
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This is about adding support for the
simd
Wasm proposal.The
simd
Wasm proposal has been stabilized (Phase 5) since a long time now. Many Wasm producers already can producesimd
capable Wasm binaries and it is likely to gain even more traction.Wasmi originally did not intend to support
simd
and was hoping for an eventual uptake of the alternativeflexible-vectors
Wasm proposal. However, it seems unlikely at this point that the alternative design will see significant development in the near to medium future.Having
simd
support inwasmi
is the final missing Wasm proposal required to make Wasmi Wasm 2.0 compatible which would be great for advertisement. Obviously,simd
users could use Wasmi. In some past tests we actually saw decreased file sizes by usingsimd
proposal when generating Wasm, so it might also have a nice side benefit. Especially Wasm based game engines that rely on Wasmi might findsimd
support very useful.Due to the massive size of the Wasm
simd
proposal it will be put behind a crate feature flagsimd
. This is important for users who do not needsimd
support as this will significantly impact Wasmi compile time and Wasm execution performance as well as memory usage during Wasm execution.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: