Vector API for Java: Overview, Implementation, and Design Challenges

This course examines the design and implementation of Java’s Vector API, including its abstractions, machine instruction bindings, and construction of vector kernels. It also considers code generation and challenges in creating an idiomatic API.

Syllabus

Intro
Overview
Introduction: Vector API Project Team
Terminology
Motivation
Project Goals
CodeSnippets as a Substrate
Implementing a Primitive
Binding to Machine Instruction
Checked Invocation
A Small Example
Generating C2 Code
Java Needs an Abstraction for Vectors
Structure of the API
Fully Realized Expressiveness
Kernel with Vector API
Higher Order Components
Kernel Construction
Statically Typed Wrappers
Quick Thoughts....
Expressions Bind to Method Handles.
Baby's First EDSL
Why Not Just Expression Trees?
Challenges to an Idiomatic Design
Continuing Work