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Issue 250433002: PNaCl documentation: add SIMD vectors. (Closed) Base URL: svn://svn.chromium.org/chrome/trunk/src
Patch Set: Created 6 years, 8 months ago
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Index: native_client_sdk/src/doc/faq.rst
diff --git a/native_client_sdk/src/doc/faq.rst b/native_client_sdk/src/doc/faq.rst
index c27a7117574b334bf45f39c8e20e9838948d10a9..37b84fe4be294a2da11993944009321027e30ca9 100644
--- a/native_client_sdk/src/doc/faq.rst
+++ b/native_client_sdk/src/doc/faq.rst
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Portable Native client further enhances the above:
.. causes of slowness? How can code be made faster? What's the best way
.. to use Pepper's asynchronous APIs? What do I need to know about
.. threads and inter-thread communications? Can I use SIMD or other
-.. processor-specific instructions? What aboutt he GPU?
+.. processor-specific instructions? What about the GPU?
For more details, refer to the :doc:`history behind and comparison of
NaCl and PNaCl <nacl-and-pnacl>`.
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ cases are likely to achieve better or worse performance than the above
averages. For example floating-point heavy code usually exhibits much
lower overheads whereas very branch-heavy code often performs worse.
+Note that PNaCl supports performance features that are often used in
+native code such as :ref:`threading <language_support_threading>` and
+:ref:`Portable SIMD Vectors <portable_simd_vectors>`.
+
For details, see:
* `Adapting Software Fault Isolation to Contemporary CPU Architectures
@@ -271,7 +275,8 @@ Does Native Client support SIMD vector instructions?
Native Client currently supports SSE on x86 and NEON on ARM. Support for
AVX on x86 is under way.
-Portable Native Client should support SIMD vectors in the near future.
+Portable Native Client supports portable SIMD vectors, as detailed in
+:ref:`Portable SIMD Vectors <portable_simd_vectors>`.
Can I use Native Client for 3D graphics?
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