AVX2

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Advanced Vector Extensions

AVX or (Advanced Vector Extensions) are extensions to the x86 architecture introduced by Intel with the SandyBridge micro-architecture. AVX adds 86 instructions to the CPU instruction set, extending the 128 Bit XMM registers to 256 Bit YMM registers, effective usage of these extensions may vastly increase the performance of any program.