Index: llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst =================================================================== --- llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst +++ llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst @@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ Makes programs 10x faster by doing Special New Thing. +Changes to the LLVM IR +---------------------- + +* New intrinsics ``llvm.masked.load``, ``llvm.masked.store``, + ``llvm.masked.gather`` and ``llvm.masked.scatter`` were introduced to the + LLVM IR to allow selective memory access for vector data types. + Changes to the ARM Backend -------------------------- @@ -90,9 +97,15 @@ Changes to the X86 Target ------------------------------ +------------------------- - During this release ... +* LLVM now supports the Intel CPU codenamed Skylake Server with AVX-512 + extensions using ``-march=skylake-avx512``. The switch enables the + ISA extensions AVX-512{F, CD, VL, BW, DQ}. + +* LLVM now supports the Intel CPU codenamed Knights Landing with AVX-512 + extensions using ``-march=knl``. The switch enables the ISA extensions + AVX-512{F, CD, ER, PF}. Changes to the AMDGPU Target -----------------------------