Porting/ncnn
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Contents
Finished
- Translate x86_64 SSE to ppc64le VSX intrinsics
- VSX toolchains: check for SSE2 support
- Add POWER8 VSX toolchains
- load_param_mem pybind
- test_squeezenet failed under Lubuntu 16.04 PowerPC 32-bit
- support big endian platform, add powerpc ci
- Update POWER Clang version docs
- Update Vulkan dependency docs
- Document libomp-dev dependency
- python: document CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE env var
In progress
- CI missing for POWER9/Clang
- Replace SSE with native VSX
VSX Targets
When running Real-ESRGAN in ncnn on POWER9, most CPU time (over 81%) is spent inside gemm_transB_packed_tile in convolution_3x3_winograd.h, which uses SSE2. This may be a good target for rewriting in native VSX.
