From 293242a631f754572125cf8a65869842aef2ba74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JayDDee Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2020 21:00:55 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Home (markdown) --- Home.md | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Home.md b/Home.md index a210b85..3f03fc8 100644 --- a/Home.md +++ b/Home.md @@ -469,10 +469,12 @@ Line 4: Extensions supported, to varying degrees, by the mining algorithm Line 5: Extensions to be used in the current session Hardware extensions are divided into 3 classes, SIMD, AES and SHA. There are multiple levels in each clash. -Each provides additional CPU instructions and more complex operations. +Each provides additional CPU instructions and more complex operations. Only the highest ranked feature in +each class is displayed although lower ranking features may also exist and be avaiable. Not all features +have significant improvements and not all combinations are avalable in binary format for Windows. * SIMD vector support - SSE2: minimum for 128 bit integer vector support, first available on Intel core2. + SSE2: minimum for 128 bit integer vector support, first available on Intel Core2. SSSE3: Some additional instructions for 128 bit integer vectors, not very significant. SSE4.2: More 128 bit vector instructions, also not very significant. AVX: Initial support for 256 bit vectors but no integer support. @@ -484,7 +486,7 @@ Each provides additional CPU instructions and more complex operations. AES: basic hardware AES support performs AES operations with a single instruction, also requires SSE2, first available on Intel Westmere. VAES: Vectored AES, supports 4 parallel AES operations with a single instruction, first available on Intel - Icelake. + Icelake. Also requires AVX512F. * SHA encryption and decryption, aka SHA_NI SHA supports basic SHA-256 operations with a single instruction, also requires SSE2. First available