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bugproxy (bugproxy) wrote : [21.10 FEAT] libgmp SIMD optimizations

Optimize the GNU MP Bignum Library using vector instructions.

- Requirement for Full Homomorphic Encryption, libgmp is used as a backend for NTL
- libgmp performance is critical also for GNU Cobol on Z.
Here a customer requested using packed decimal instructions in libgmp which does not appear to fit for libgmp - however SIMD would help on distros with ALS z13: