From b63cff6ad80a511ea949adafdec39c16f2e3e95d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cherry Mui Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:48:36 -0500 Subject: _content/doc/go1.26: add release notes for experimental simd support For golang/go#75005. Change-Id: Id4e01afa10e7266c133d4323058c76a701f588bc Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/website/+/729260 LUCI-TryBot-Result: Go LUCI Reviewed-by: David Chase --- _content/doc/go1.26.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/_content/doc/go1.26.md b/_content/doc/go1.26.md index c4261ac2..478e59c1 100644 --- a/_content/doc/go1.26.md +++ b/_content/doc/go1.26.md @@ -243,6 +243,17 @@ The new [`crypto/hpke`](/pkg/crypto/hpke) package implements Hybrid Public Key E (HPKE) as specified in [RFC 9180](https://rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9180.html), including support for post-quantum hybrid KEMs. +### New experimental simd/archsimd package {#simd} + +Go 1.26 introduces a new experimental [`simd/archsimd`](/pkg/simd/archsimd/) +package, which can be enabled by setting the environment variable +`GOEXPERIMENT=simd` at build time. +This package provides access to architecture-specific SIMD operations. +It is currently available on the AMD64 architecture, supporting +128-bit, 256-bit, and 512-bit vectors. + +See the [proposal issue](/issue/73787) for more details. + ### Minor changes to the library {#minor_library_changes} #### [`bytes`](/pkg/bytes/) -- cgit v1.3