Argon2: Add MIC support
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enhancement
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- C
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Description
Xeon Phi / MIC is indeed legacy, but this can be a little fun and easy project now that we have AVX-512 support for Argon2. It could be as easy as extending the SIMD macro checks and maybe making use of MIC's fused multiply-add (like we do in php_mt_seed).
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 Argon2's AVX-512 SIMD macro checks and compare the existing MIC fused multiply-add usage in php_mt_seed. Done means Argon2 builds with Xeon Phi/MIC support and its relevant checks confirm the new implementation works.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100