GCC 10 Adds ARMv8.6-A Targeting, BFloat16 + i8MM Options

[wizard69]

It’s a bit frustrating to hear about these new revisions to ARMs cores and then never see a move into the laptop and desktop markets with the latest releases. The dream of a laptop that literally lasts all day or longer when doing real work never seems to become reality.

[phoronix]

Phoronix: GCC 10 Adds ARMv8.6-A Targeting, BFloat16 + i8MM Options

Building on earlier GCC commits for Arm's BFloat16 (BF16) support and other new extensions, a late change landing for GCC 10 is the command line options for targeting the ARMv8.6-A architecture and optionally toggling i8mm and BF16 extensions...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GCC-10-ARMv8.6-A-CLI-Switches