Add AVX2/AVX512 to Blake (perhaps changing to "our" pseudo-intrinsics)
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- C
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Description
This might become a GSoC task.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the Blake implementation and its existing SIMD or pseudo-intrinsics code. Compare the current paths with the requested AVX2 and AVX512 support, then define the implementation scope and validation criteria before beginning; the issue does not name files or tests.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- cryptography, performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100