[merlincorey]

> I'm not sure what SIMD refers to. Can you clarify that?

With a name like "asm" that comes as a surprise... Single Instruction Multiple Data[0] refers to low level processor instructions that are able to work across a range of data, e.g. video cards working on changing the values in a framebuffer with one instruction mapping across an entire buffer in parallel.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIMD

[giaour]

That doesn't clarify what the OP meant. PHP does not allow you to issue processor instructions directly.

[psaintla]

I'm going to take a crazy leap here based on the commits. asm might not stand for what you think.