[GHC] #7741: Add SIMD support to x86/x86_64 NCG

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#7741: Add SIMD support to x86/x86_64 NCG
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Reporter:  shelarcy          |          Owner:                  
    Type:  feature request   |         Status:  new             
Priority:  normal            |      Component:  Compiler        
 Version:  7.7               |       Keywords:                  
      Os:  Unknown/Multiple  |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Failure:  None/Unknown      |      Blockedby:                  
Blocking:                    |        Related:  #3557           
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Changes (by shelarcy):

 * cc: shelarcy@… (added)


Comment:

 Adding SIMD support to x86/x86_64 NCG is important for Windows users.
 Because LLVM backend doesn't work on Windows now [1], and GHC's SIMD
 support reuires to modify LLVM on Windows 32 bit [2].

  * [1] #7143
  * [2] http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/ghc-devs/2013-January/000234.html

 We want to use SIMD seamlessly on Windows environment.

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