Status/2023Q4/simd.adoc: Add report

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+=== SIMD enhancements for aarch64
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+Links: +
+link:https://www.youtube.com/live/OzX38cWdivc?si=VsMrEmT_IdKpjv7W&t=22070[EuroBSDCon 2024 presentation] URL: link:https://www.youtube.com/live/OzX38cWdivc?si=VsMrEmT_IdKpjv7W&t=22070[] +
+link:http://fuz.su/~fuz/talks/eurobsdcon-str-talk.pdf[Slides from presentation (PDF)] URL: link:http://fuz.su/~fuz/talks/eurobsdcon-str-talk.pdf[] +
+link:https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2024/projects/TKRS35FA[Google Summer of Code (GSoC) project description] URL: link:https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2024/projects/TKRS35FA[] +
+link:https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=simd&sektion=7&manpath=FreeBSD+15.0-CURRENT[simd(7)] URL: link:https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=simd&sektion=7&manpath=FreeBSD+15.0-CURRENT[] +
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+Contact: Getz Mikalsen <getz@FreeBSD.org>
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+The porting effort of the SIMD enhanced libc string functions from amd64 to aarch64 has been successfully completed.
+There are now optimized implementations for 16 libc string functions in addition to those with implementations already available as part of the ARM optimized subroutines library.
+There is also a presentation regarding the general method for these methods from EuroBSDCon 2024 available on YouTube with a short description in the end of how the porting has been done with regards to the aarch64 architecture.
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+These enhancements significantly improve performance of string functions for all FreeBSD systems on the aarch64 platform.
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+The code is currently undergoing acceptance testing in the form of an exp-run building all the ports, once without and once with the patch set applied to see if it has caused any new failures.
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+Sponsor: Google LLC (GSoC 2024)