Java Vector API with Sandhya Viswanathan & Vladimir Ivanov

Significant progress has been made to bring first-class vector (or SIMD) support in Java with an efficient backend implementation in the JVM. The goal of the Java Vector API is to provide Java users a mechanism to program complex vector algorithms in Java benefitting from the underlying vector hardware. It is being developed as part of OpenJDK project Panama targeting inclusion as an incubating module in mainline JDK. This session will introduce the Java Vector API, its expressiveness and performance aspects, implementation challenges and their resolutions, limitations and nuances.