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diff --git a/libraries/volk/README b/libraries/volk/README index 2af3e71f1697e..051c36dfddca2 100644 --- a/libraries/volk/README +++ b/libraries/volk/README @@ -1,15 +1,17 @@ -VOLK is the Vector-Optimized Library of Kernels. It is a free library, -currently offered under the GPLv3, that contains kernels of hand-written SIMD -code for different mathematical operations. Since each SIMD architecture can -be very different and no compiler has yet come along to handle vectorization -properly or highly efficiently, VOLK approaches the problem differently. +VOLK is the Vector-Optimized Library of Kernels. It is a free +library, currently offered under the GPLv3, that contains kernels of +hand-written SIMD code for different mathematical operations. Since +each SIMD architecture can be very different and no compiler has yet +come along to handle vectorization properly or highly efficiently, +VOLK approaches the problem differently. -For each architecture or platform that a developer wishes to vectorize for, -a new proto-kernel is added to VOLK. At runtime, VOLK will select the correct -proto-kernel. In this way, the users of VOLK call a kernel for performing -the operation that is platform/architecture agnostic. This allows us to -write portable SIMD code that is optimized for a variety of platforms. +For each architecture or platform that a developer wishes to vectorize +for, a new proto-kernel is added to VOLK. At runtime, VOLK will +select the correct proto-kernel. In this way, the users of VOLK call +a kernel for performing the operation that is platform/architecture +agnostic. This allows us to write portable SIMD code that is optimized +for a variety of platforms. -VOLK was introduced as a part of GNU Radio in late 2010 based on code released -in the public domain. In 2015 it was released as an independent library for -use by a wider audience. +VOLK was introduced as a part of GNU Radio in late 2010 based on +code released in the public domain. In 2015 it was released as an +independent library for use by a wider audience. |