Mastering SIMD with Java Vector API

Posted by smilelamp on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @10:08PM
from the lemire.me dept.

https://lemire.me/blog/2026/10/07/mastering-simd-with-java-vector-api/

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Re:Mastering SIMD with Java Vector API by ecshafer on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @11:49PM (#49987914)

Until the Vector API is out of incubation this is a bit premature. I would love the vector api to be fully realized, it would make my life so much easier. But its on the twelth incubation and there's no end in sight.

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Re:Mastering SIMD with Java Vector API by za3faran on Thursday October 08, 2026 @12:15PM (#50007696)

Apparently they're aiming to move it up to preview in JDK 28 and out of preview for 29.

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Re:Mastering SIMD with Java Vector API by Ohentis on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @11:23PM (#49987723)

I really don't think the prediction that the vector api will become a mainstream feature soon is true. It's currently locked up by project Valhalla which is a bit of a meme.

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Re:Mastering SIMD with Java Vector API by za3faran on Thursday October 08, 2026 @12:15PM (#50007698)

Apparently they're aiming to move it up to preview in JDK 28 and out of preview for 29.

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Re:Mastering SIMD with Java Vector API by karmakaze on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @10:08AM (#49993100)

If you need SIMD for new project work, I would consider Mojo[0] as it's v1.1 already. If you're unfamiliar its creator also made LLVM, Clang, and Swift.

[0] https://mojolang.org/docs/std/simd/SIMD/

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