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Up To 162% Faster AES-GCM Encryption/Decryption For Intel & AMD CPUs On Linux

With the in-development Linux 6.10 kernel Eric Biggers of Google landed new AES-XTS implementations for much faster performance for Intel/AMD processors via new AES-NI + AVX, VAES + AVX2, VAES + AVX10/256, and VAES + AVX10/512 code paths

Biggers has since begun tackling even better AES-GCM encryption/decryption performance by leveraging a new code path to utilize AVX-512/AVX10 and/or VAES. Eric Biggers on Sunday posted the latest iteration of his patches providing for greater AES-GCM improvements. Recent Intel and AMD processors are showing very nice gains across the board in the AES-GCM encryption/decryption speed.

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