VERSION

v0.7.1d: QuadRay, code name "GIzmo+1d": macOS M1, VS2022, Ubuntu 22.04
  - add VS2022 support for RooT demo and core test
  - use separate domains for RT and PT (best performance for both modes)
  - add option to toggle path-tracer from command-line
  - implement additional path-tracer controls
  - clean up command-line messages in engine apps
  - clean up compilation with debug level 2
  - switch to malloc for 64-bit pointer/address combo
  - use assembler-local labels to build on M1 macOS
  - add support for M1 macOS to makefiles
  - add VS2022 support for SIMD test
  - add notes for building on Windows with VS2022 and M1 macOS
  - update documentation and main header (add braces to ASM_INIT)
  - add double-precision logic/arithmetic to ARMv7, x86
  - add workarounds for POWER8 and POWER9 targets on Ubuntu 22.04
  - drop ppc64abi32 targets (since QEMU 5.2.0), also from QEMU build script
  - add notes for VS2022, QEMU 6.2.0 and 7.2.0, Ubuntu 23.04
  - swap 16-bit and SIMD integer compare test groups (30-37 <-> 38-44)
  - update copyright year to 2023

v0.7.0g: QuadRay, code name "GIzmo+g", backports, VS2022, Ubuntu 22.04
  - fix issue on Windows when screen scaling is enabled (high DPI displays)
  - add VS2022 support for RooT demo and core test
  - switch to malloc for 64-bit pointer/address combo
  - require both SSE4.1 and SSE4.2 for SSE4 (v4) target slots
  - add DAZ support for flush-to-zero mode on x86 (makes on par with RISCs)
  - backport integer SIMD compare subset (min/max/ceq/cne/clt/cle/cgt/cge)
  - backport tests for integer SIMD compare (30-36) (signed/unsigned)
  - target slots AVX512DQ now include VL backends for 128/256-bit subsets
  - optimize SIMD compare and mask-jump instructions for AVX-512
  - add 64-bit sign/zero-extend bridges to existing 32/64-bit BASE subsets
  - optimize standalone remainder instructions on ARM and POWER
  - implement direct ASM section output comparison method (bypass C++ test)
  - extended 30-reg 256-bit and 15-reg 512-bit POWER backends are deprecated
  - extended POWER backends are still supported with v1.0.0f ASM feature set
  - add VS2022 support for SIMD test
  - update build scripts with TDM64-GCC 10.3.0-2 compiler reference
  - update documentation and main header (add braces to ASM_INIT)
  - add double-precision logic/arithmetic to ARMv7, x86
  - add workarounds for POWER8 and POWER9 targets on Ubuntu 22.04
  - drop ppc64abi32 targets (since QEMU 5.2.0), also from QEMU build script
  - add notes for VS2022, QEMU 6.2.0 and 7.2.0, Ubuntu 23.04
  - clean up comments in BASE and SIMD headers
  - update copyright year to 2023

v0.7.1c: QuadRay, code name "GIzmo+1c": real-time path-tracer
  - instructions for path-tracer test scenes are in root/RooT.h
  - the RT_TEST_PT flag is now turned on along with SIMD buffers
  - direct ray tracing mode is 20-30% slower with SIMD buffers enabled
  - path-tracer runs 5-10 times faster with SIMD buffers on (scenes 17/18)
  - allow running the path-tracer without pausing (interactive)
  - path-tracer is now only enabled with test scenes where it works best
  - fix issue on Windows when screen scaling is enabled (high DPI displays)
  - add 8-bit (byte) BASE instruction subset, redesign 16-bit BASE
  - add 8-bit elements SIMD subset (native on RISCs, mostly emulated on x86)
  - add 64-bit sign/zero-extend bridges to existing 32/64-bit BASE subsets
  - add 32-bit sign/zero-extend bridges to new 8/16-bit BASE subsets
  - add RT_BASE flag to limit addressing granularity, extend range on ARMv8
  - add mask-jump (mkj) SIMD instructions for 8/16-bit SIMD subsets
  - add DAZ support for flush-to-zero mode on x86 (makes on par with RISCs)
  - add support for AVX-512 fp16 subset to match existing ARMv8.2 + SVE
  - AVX-512 fp16 requires separate binary (no target slot or cap check)
  - implement direct ASM section output comparison method (bypass C++ test)
  - AVX-512 fp16 now provides validation for ARM's fp16 using above method
  - target slots AVX512DQ now include VL backends for 128/256-bit subsets
  - target slots AVX512DQ now require BW support to facilitate 8/16-bit SIMD
  - optimize SIMD compare and mask-jump instructions for AVX-512
  - optimize setting flags instructions in 8/16-bit BASE subsets (on RISCs)
  - optimize standalone remainder instructions on ARM and POWER
  - extended 30-reg 256-bit and 15-reg 512-bit POWER backends are deprecated
  - extended POWER backends are still supported with v1.0.0f ASM feature set
  - fix 16-bit (half-int) BASE addressing granularity on POWER
  - add notes for VS2022, QEMU 6.2.0, Intel SDE 9.0
  - clean up comments in BASE and SIMD headers
  - update copyright year to 2022

v0.7.1b: QuadRay, code name "GIzmo+1b", second development release
  - implement ray buffering optimization to improve SIMD efficiency
  - allocate array of SIMD-buffer structures for each node in the hierarchy
  - keep SIMD-buffers separate for each thread and ray-bounce level
  - run solvers for all nodes in the list before any shading (no overdraw)
  - as buffers fill up trigger shading for full SIMD only (more efficient)
  - flush all buffers upon frame rendering completion (process partial SIMD)
  - direct ray tracing mode runs slower with buffers due to copying overhead
  - path tracing mode benefits from SIMD-buffers the most with 5x speed up
  - enabling SIMD-buffers along with PT test scene requires recompilation
  - check RT_FEAT_BUFFERS in core/tracer/tracer.cpp for instructions
  - implement integer SIMD compare subset (signed/unsigned)
  - add integer SIMD compare on MIPS32/64 (min/max/ceq/cne/clt/cle/cgt/cge)
  - add integer SIMD compare on ARMv8 (64-bit min/max emulated) and SVE
  - add integer SIMD compare on POWER (64-bit emulated on POWER7)
  - add integer SIMD compare on x86+SSE2/4 (64-bit emulated)
  - add integer SIMD compare on x86+AVX1/2 (emulated for full SIMD AVX1)
  - add integer SIMD compare on x86+AVX512
  - add integer SIMD compare on original legacy targets (ARMv7, x86, PPC G4)
  - add integer SIMD compare for half-int SIMD backends (16-bit elements)
  - require both SSE4.1 and SSE4.2 for SSE4 (v4) target slots
  - add tests for integer SIMD compare (38-51)

v0.7.0f: QuadRay, code name "GIzmo+f", fixes and tests
  - fix displacement encodings on MIPS
  - add testing for displacement levels and types
  - update makefiles to support ancient HW (SSE2, SSE1 has issue with cvzps)
  - update SIMD test framework, add scripts for test automation
  - update comments for QEMU 5.2.0 and QEMU 6.0.0 (require ninja-build)
  - update CORE test framework, add scripts for test automation
  - fix feature flags in tracer, clean up comments

v0.7.1a: QuadRay, code name "GIzmo+1a", first development release
  - add asin/acos SIMD meta instructions (asnps/acsps) to tracer
  - allow changing inherited pause-mode in path-tracer
  - allow path-tracer in all scenes (demo, test) for further development
  - optimizing out path-tracer per scene significantly reduces memory footprint
  - add flag to allow/prohibit path-tracer per scene (RT_OPTS_PT)
  - enable pause-mode in RooT demo automatically when invoking path-tracer (-q)
  - add quasi-realistic/quake/quality mode (-q) to CORE tests for path-tracer
  - add camera ray sample randomizer with Tent filter for path-tracer
  - implement antialiasing in path-tracer, add to RooT demo and CORE tests
  - add feature flag for path-tracer in rendering backend, wrap code sections
  - make path-tracer SIMD-width agnostic, fix normals for light surfaces
  - add flag (RT_TEST_PT) to enable test scenes for path-tracer in RooT demo
  - add 24/32/48-bit masked LCG methods to SIMD PRNG in engine and tracer
  - add PRNG splitter for ray depth in path-tracer, use PRNG-based masking
  - add PRNG splitter for Fresnel in path-tracer, use PRNG-based masking
  - compute random diffuse sample over hemisphere
  - add power series approximation for SIMD sin/cos
  - make path-tracer's PRNG reproducible across SIMD widths (using root mask)
  - add light sphere to test scene 18, enable Gamma, Fresnel
  - decorrelate path-tracer samples within SIMD (using separate seed-plane)
  - add preliminary support for basic path-tracer to RooT demo (-p/-q)
  - accumulate path-tracer samples in fp-color planes
  - allocate framebuffer's fp-color planes
  - add recursive light sampling for path-tracer
  - add emission properties to light surfaces
  - compute random diffuse sample within halfcube (rough approximation)
  - compute orthonormal basis for diffuse sampling in path-tracer
  - add SIMD PRNG (16-bit masked from 32-bit LCG) to rendering backend
  - add tests for half-int SIMD/BASE ops (run level 30-37)
  - drop extended POWER targets from SIMD testing (no half-int support)
  - add half-int SIMD arithmetic with saturate (except original SSE1)
  - add implementation for half-int BASE ops across modern targets
  - add BASE half-int support on legacy ARMv7 and x86
  - add SIMD half-int support on legacy ARMv7 and x86
  - adjust displacement types for BASE half-int on legacy ARMv7 and x86
  - adjust displacement types for BASE half-int on MIPS and POWER
  - adjust displacement types for BASE half-int on x86_64
  - adjust displacement types for scalar fp16 on ARMv8
  - split SIMD half-int subset from fp16 on ARMv8
  - add SIMD half-int support on x86_64, enable on ARMv8
  - add SIMD half-int support on MIPS and POWER
  - add preliminary support for POWER9 fp128 SIMD ops (not tested)
  - add preliminary support for ARMv8.2 fp16 SIMD ops (not tested)

v0.7.0e: QuadRay, code name "GIzmo+e", 2021 extended support
  - clarify instructions for POWER8 server, Raspberry Pi 3/4
  - update links and comments in project files
  - make comment for compiler swapping on MIPS more generic
  - update mappings for byte/char SIMD ops
  - update TDM64-GCC compiler reference to version 9.2.0
  - update copyright year to 2021
  - update comments for remainders and scaled addressing
  - optimize remainder ops on POWER9
  - add scaled-indexed addressing modes
  - use scaled-indexed addressing in tracer
  - make thread affinity step configurable on Windows

v0.7.0d: QuadRay, code name "GIzmo+d", documentation edition
  - clean up task descriptions in roadmap
  - add notes for Ubuntu, QEMU, MIPS cross-compilers
  - add Ubuntu (MATE) 20.04 LTS to makefile notes
  - update standalone MIPS compiler to 2020.06-01
  - change RUN_LEVEL to SUB_TEST for better wording
  - clean up comment about displacement values
  - add initial documentation for the assembler
  - add sin/cos and log/exp math definitions to rtbase
  - block antialiasing adjustment when limited by SIMD
  - block window resizing when exceeds screen
  - use portable definitions in plotters, clean up in engine and tracer
  - add new task to roadmap for ray-marching algorithms
  - add new task to roadmap for ray-sorting optimization

v0.7.0c: QuadRay, code name "GIzmo++", celebration edition
  - celebrating C++ and its various compilers
  - add notes for Ubuntu Server on Raspberry Pi 4
  - add -mcpu=power8 compiler option to makefiles on POWER
  - fix RISC targets with clang after version 6.0
  - update copyright year to 2020

v0.7.0b: QuadRay, code name "GIzmo+b", 2020-02-02 archive edition
  - all releases after 2020-01-01 have 2nd naming from their baseline: (GIzmo)
  - letter from the update (b,c,..) appears concatenated after (+) in the name
  - future minor releases (v0.7.Xa) will have digit and letter (+1a, +2a, +3a)
  - future major releases (v0.8.Xa) will have the form: (2+, 2+1a, 2+2a, 2+3a)
  - clean up and update comments related to recent compiler and QEMU versions
  - fix comments for SIMD instructions in 3-operand forms, clarify for SIMD div
  - add SIMD fma3 aliases as 3-operand forms: fma**3**
  - fix SIMD fma3 emulation with fp32 elements on AVX1

v0.7.0a: QuadRay, code name "GIzmo+", 2020-edition ("GIzmo" + 2019 updates)
  - all new releases from now on will use *X.Y.Za(bc..) naming scheme
  - all branches start with letter (b), all tags start with letter (v)
  - first release (tag) on every new branch will be marked with letter (a)
  - all subsequent minor updates will have letters (b,c,..), tags aren't moving
  - use (U,O) new keys (update/offscreen), drop F9/F10
  - make key-handling more responsive in RooT demo (not skipping next frame)
  - fix window size exceeding screen, add flag to make AA-grid regular
  - fix -f option in CORE tests, add optimal mode -o (omit unoptimized run)
  - fix Fresnel flag for metals and other opaque surfaces in tracer
  - fix check for diffuse/specular lighting, add pause-animation mode (-p)
  - use integer indices for primary rays update (makes it SIMD-width agnostic)
  - clean up STORE_SIMD macro in rendering backend
  - add SIMD flag to replace VMX targets with VSX (on)
  - add signed BASE ops to combined-arithmetic-jump (arithmetic shift right)
  - add setting-flags BASE arithmetic shift right
  - make setting-flags BASE ops orthogonal to size/type (cmd**Z**)
  - add -mips64r6 compiler option to makefiles on MIPS
  - optimize 64-bit SIMD shifts on POWER9, clean up mkj** formatting
  - improve ARM/x86 compatibility in SIMD shifts
  - add SIMD integer multiply instruction (for 32/64-bit elements)
  - update copyright year to 2019
  - fix SIMD backend struct load-level in debug mode (backported down)
  - fix 32-bit BASE compare-to-mem on 64-bit POWER
  - fix usage of non-persistent temp-register on POWER
  - update build instructions and makefile notes
  - add notes about QEMU 3.1.0 for SVE emulation
  - add SIMD flag to replace VMX targets with VSX (off)
  - fix and clean up SIMD target selection in headers
  - fix/add comments for SIMD/BASE shift count value
  - adjust build instructions for older HW compatibility
  - adjust Win64 release build script for lower core-count

v0.7.0: QuadRay engine, code name "GIzmo", base for future GI path-tracing work
  - makes use of UniSIMD assembler 1.0.0 "ENsed" for ARM-SVE, POWER9, new scheme
  - renewed directory structure, move RooT demo files to a separate root folder
  - add new fp-compatibility and feature tasks, rename TASKS file to ROADMAP
  - add support for 30 SIMD register pairs (2x128) backend on POWER7/8
  - add support for 30 SIMD registers (scalar+128+256) backend on Skylake-X
  - drop standalone SSE2 target from x64, reuse SSE4 (v4) slot, add compat flag
  - add support for 128-bit AVX1+FMA3 (v16) and AVX2+FMA3 (v32) targets for AMD
  - compactify POWER7/8 targets into one slot, add new RT_SIMD_COMPAT_PW8 flag
  - swap legacy PowerPC G4/POWER6 VMX (now v4) with POWER7/8 VSX1/2 (now v1)
  - 64-bit POWER6 now matches 64-bit Nehalem target (both v4), 15x128/8x256-bit
  - add support for POWER9 backend (v2) with immediate vector loads/stores
  - move 128-bit 30 SIMD registers Skylake-X target from v1 to v2, match POWER9
  - reserve 128-bit v1 and 256-bit v4 for 30 SIMD registers emulation on AVX1/2
  - implement plain ARM-SVE backend (v4) for 256/512/1K4/2K8-bit vector lengths
  - implement paired ARM-SVE backend (v1) for 512/1K4/2K8-bit SIMD target slots
  - new scheme: RT_128=4+8, RT_256=1+2, RT_512=1+2, RT_1K4=1+2 are 15 registers
  - new scheme: RT_128=1+2, RT_256=4+8, RT_512=4+8, RT_1K4=4+8 are 30 registers
  - add elm*x_st instruction to detach scalar subset from vectors (via mem)
  - add support for horizontal pairwise/reductive add/mul/min/max instructions
  - implement antialiasing as a cycle of pairwise horizontal fp-adds, no macros
  - add support for Gamma correction to rendering backend (approx with sqrt)
  - add support for Fresnel reflectance on reflective/refractive surfaces
  - fix ray normalization for refraction and Fresnel (was close to normal)
  - add test scenes 17 and 18 for Fresnel (from RaVi/smallpt, work in progress)
  - implement fixed-point for specular pow, plotters for Gamma/Fresnel (-z)
  - implement alternating 2x antialiasing, plotters for antialiasing samples
  - introduce rt_Platform class as a common instance for multiple rt_Scene
  - move tracer backend's SIMD target tracking to rt_Platform
  - move thread-pool from rt_Scene to rt_Platform, add support for core-count
  - implement multi-group affinity for Windows threading (more than 64 threads)
  - add support for fullscreen mode on Windows (-w 0) as a modal window
  - merge Win32/64 files into one (RooT_winxx.cpp), drop Win64 pthread support
  - add alternative key-mapping to RooT demo (all digit keys plus few letters)
  - patch system allocators to compile on macOS, widen OS support in makefiles
  - clean up SIMD tests and engine's CORE to support PIE (also macOS)
  - add pthread barriers implementation (RooT_linux.cpp) for macOS (no XShm)
  - separate 64-bit Linux from multilib build scripts, add for macOS
  - add VMX-compatible scalar SIMD subset on PPC G4 and POWER family of CPUs
  - add MSA/scalar compatibility on big-endian MIPS, support for fp32 11-bit DP
  - rename sections in target-specific headers to BASE, SIMD, ELEM (for scalar)
  - optimize long displacements for BASE, SIMD, ELEM on RISCs where applicable
  - implement proper SIMD-scaling for displacement types (as sliding in rtbase)
  - move common internal x87 FPU sections to BASE headers on x86
  - dedicate rtconf header for configurable instruction subsets on all targets
  - allow target-specific headers to redefine common instructions from rtbase
  - improve SIMD target reporting in tests, add -c n option to reduce test time
  - update notes for MIPS cross-compiler location, add -mnan=2008 to makefiles
  - update notes for AArch64 Linux, QEMU 3.0.0, Intel SDE, add ARM IE reference
  - add test for SIMD mask-move (mmv), run level 27
  - add test for 8/15/30 BASE/SIMD registers, run level 28
  - warning-free building with GCC/Clang and MSVC++
  - fix BASE shifts with zero immediate arg on legacy ARMv7 (backported down)
  - convert all text files with unix2dos
  - always reserve maximum space for SIMD register file
  - save/restore temp predicate register on AVX512
  - fix SIMD registers save/restore for 15x128x2 on POWER7
  - fix temporary FPRs save/restore on POWER
  - fix scalar SIMD min/max on POWER7
  - fix BASE compare immediate encodings on POWER
  - fix location for 128/256-bit common SIMD instructions
  - fix for scalar SIMD alignment on ARMv7, POWER8
  - fix compilation in C++11 mode with RT_DEBUG=2, non-debug build on Windows
  - add comment for NaNs handling in floating point piepline
  - clarify comments about SIMD fp round instructions
  - fix comment for SIMD shifts with count in memory
  - add comment for scalar/vector compatibility
  - undef SIMD flags of the same width in corresponding tracer backend files
  - fix stride for frame copying in Windows
  - fix stride for BMP file format

v0.6.7: Backend improvements, new command-line options, extra SIMD backends
  - make new demo scene 3 (former test scene 14) default, add camera animator
  - add two new cameras (on F3) to demo scene 3 to stress test CPU (benchmark)
  - place SIMD-size-factor to top-left corner, tile-width-factor to top-right
  - add SIMD-target and FPS-average reporting to console/terminal on switches
  - implement standard non-XShm fallback on Linux when XShm fails to allocate
  - implement pthreads for Win64 builds using TDM64-GCC, enable 120 threads
  - build RooT demo with -pthread option on all Linux and Win64 targets
  - add -n n option to override SIMD-native-size (128, 256, 512, or 1,2,4), F8
  - add -k n option to override SIMD-size-factor (1, 2, 4 where available), F6
  - add -s n option to override SIMD-sub-variant (1,2,4,8 where available), F7
  - add -q n option to override SIMD-total-quads (1,2,4,8 where available)
  - add -t n option to override thread-pool size (1, .. 1000, default 120)
  - add -w n option to override window-rect size (original-dimensions * n)
  - add -w 0 option to enable window-less mode (fullscreen) on Linux only
  - add -x n option to override original-x-resolution (applies to -w above)
  - add -y n option to override original-y-resolution (applies to -w above)
  - add -d n option to select default demo scene (1, 2, 3), switch on F11
  - add -c n option to select default camera (1, 2, 3, ..), switch on F3
  - add -b n option to choose time (ms) when testing/animation begins
  - add -e n option to choose time (ms) when testing/animation ends, exit
  - add -f n option to specify the number of consecutive frames to render
  - add -g n option to specify the time-delta (ms) for consecutive frames
  - add -i n option to save resulting image at the end of each run, on F4 also
  - add -r n option to override fps-logging update rate, n is interval (ms)
  - add -l option to turn off fps-logging updates to console/terminal, F5
  - add -h option to toggle screen numbers drawing, core_test/on RooT/off, F12
  - add -u n option for serial update/render 1-3/4, 5/6 update/render off, F9
  - add -o option to enable offscreen mode in RooT demo, render-to-memory, F10
  - add -a option to enable antialiasing, 4x for fp32 / 2x for fp64 pipes, F2
  - adjust framebuffer's stride to SIMD width for arbitrary frame dimensions
  - adjust tile width to maximal SIMD width from default size of 8x8 pixels
  - fix scanline check in tracer for multi-threading (when y_res < thnum)
  - clean up tracer files to delegate SIMD target selection to rtarch header
  - switch to UniSIMD-assembler version 0.9.1 for additional SIMD backends
  - expose 128/256-bit SIMD subsets (cmd[i/j/l]*, cmd[c/d/f]*) simultaneously
  - add 3-operand SIMD instructions to all targets, emulate where not present
  - implement basic scalar SIMD support (arithmetic + compare-to-mask-elem)
  - implement additional paired/quaded 8-register SIMD backends on x86_64
  - add 8-register makefile flags RT_256_R8, RT_512_R8, RT_1K4_R8, RT_2K8_R8
  - original 15-register makefile flags RT_128, RT_256, RT_512 remain
  - add new makefile flag RT_1K4 for 15-register code-bases on paired AVX-512
  - expose 30 registers as an extension to common baseline of 15 where present
  - each major architecture has at least one SIMD target with 30 registers
  - add new RT_SIMD selector flag to remap vector-length-agnostic subsets
  - add new RT_REGS selector flag to choose targets within given RT_SIMD width
  - rename SIMD target headers to reflect size-factor/sub-variant, move legacy
  - add new internal flags RT_128X*, RT_256X*, RT_512X* to match SIMD headers
  - new internal flags keep SIMD sub-variant value in format for native width
  - implement SIMD flags compatibility layer in rtzero to map makefile flags
  - rtarch main header selects appropriate BASE/SIMD target from flags above
  - implement SIMD target format converters in rtbase for runtime selection
  - change SIMD target reporting to native-size x size-factor v version format
  - reserve _RX slots in SIMD target mask for predicated backends (30+8 regs)
  - clean up (drop) legacy SSE(1) support from x32 headers/makefiles
  - move BASE sub-target selection to rtarch main header (ARM, x86)
  - add notes for AArch64 Linux on Raspberry Pi 3 to INSTALL file
  - add new TASKS file with description for future tasks
  - enforce full ARMv7 instruction set (32-bit words) in makefiles
  - fix LLVM's condition evaluation sign on all targets, define M -/+
  - fix SIMD registers save/restore for 128-bit AVX targets (backported down)
  - fix buffer allocation in SIMD tests (for 64-bit elems)
  - fix stack alignment (now 16 bytes) on ARMv8/AArch64 (hardware) targets
  - allow external override (from makefiles) for SIMD compatibility modes
  - minor fixes in rtarch, accelerate release builds on multi-core machines

v0.6.6: Backend improvements, 256-bit SIMD on RISCs, basic AVX-512 support
  - switch to UniSIMD-assembler version 0.9.0 for extended SIMD targets
  - adjust root rt_SIMD_INFO struct to contain both 32-bit and 64-bit constants
  - add new sign-mask and full-mask general purpose constants to rt_SIMD_INFO
  - expose 32/64-bit SIMD-element-size subsets (cmdo*, cmdq*) simultaneously
  - element size in existing cmdp* subset remains configurable with RT_ELEMENT
  - all three SIMD subsets (cmdo*, cmdp*, cmdq*) are still SIMD-width-agnostic
  - expose fixed 64-bit BASE subset cmdz* for 64-bit targets only
  - existing address-size cmdx*, element-size cmdy* and 32-bit cmdw* remain
  - add BASE move instructions for 64-bit immediates as pairs of 32-bit types
  - add new rotate-right and inverse-logic BASE instructions (ror, ann, orn)
  - add new BMI1/BMI2 implementations for existing BASE instructions on x86
  - implement non-portable x87 ISA subset for x86 targets internally
  - implement fused-multiply-accumulate (fma/fms) on all SIMD targets
  - add new mask-move SIMD instructions to common SIMD ISA (was x86 only)
  - use mask-move (mmv) for STORE_SIMD in tracer on all targets (was x86 only)
  - add new fp-negate and inverse-logic SIMD instructions (neg, orn, not)
  - add new variable SIMD shifts with per-element count to all targets
  - implement 256-bit SIMD support (2x128-bit, 15 regs) on modern RISC targets
  - implement 512-bit SIMD support (4x128-bit, 15 regs) on modern POWER targets
  - implement 512-bit SIMD support (1x512-bit, 16 regs) on future x86 targets
  - AVX1/AVX2 256-bit SIMD for x86 (1x256-bit, 16 regs) remains supported
  - 256-bit SIMD with 15 regs becomes new common baseline for modern hardware
  - improve test coverage for BASE and SIMD load-op instructions
  - add tests for new rotate, logic, shifts, fma/fms instructions, run level 24
  - add command line options to CORE test for SIMD width/variant override
  - add rtzero header file to clean up assembler definitions after use
  - rename instruction parameters to better reflect their use as source/dest
  - add formulas for all BASE and SIMD instructions for better clarity
  - reserve the whole alphabet for future BASE and SIMD instruction subsets
  - add new SIMD compatibility flags for 128-bit AVX1/2, FMA/FMS/FMR, XMM regs
  - add wrappers for 64-bit literals to better support legacy 32-bit compilers
  - adjust two conditional jumps in tracer to accommodate 512-bit POWER VSX
  - fix label_ld/label_st range on ARMv7/AArch64 to be on par with other targets
  - fix discrepancy in VMX/VSX vector-loads on POWER (from here backported down)
  - fix AVX-version of mmvpx_ld from zeroing to merging on x86
  - fix compilation on legacy Visual C++ 6.0 (Windows XP)

v0.6.5: Backend improvements, full 64-bit fp/int SIMD compute elements
  - adjust rendering backend/structures to work with 64-bit SIMD elements
  - switch to UniSIMD-assembler version 0.8.1 for 64-bit SIMD support
  - add element-sized BASE ISA subset to fixed-32-bit and address-sized subsets
  - new instruction mnemonics introduced for element-sized BASE subset (cmdy*)
  - add new rtarch headers to house element-sized SIMD subset for 64-bit targets
  - support for 64-bit SIMD elements currently requires 64-bit addresses as well
  - enable full-precision SIMD rcpps/rsqps and rceps/rseps instructions
  - add new offset corrections for endianness related to element-sized subset
  - add new SIMD width short names for fixed and element-sized SIMD fields
  - add new custom-sized integer types (address, element) with printf mods
  - make current adjustable fp types follow SIMD element size (RT_ELEMENT)
  - adjust math macros and definitions to support double-precision arithmetic
  - add build/clean scripts, update makefiles with extra targets, MIPS notes
  - remove unnecessary limitation on SIMD masks (add AVX-512/ARM-SVE notes)
  - distinguish SIMD NEONv1/v2 vanilla ARM builds (cortex-a8/cortex-a15)
  - distinguish SIMD v2/v4 64-bit POWER builds (POWER7+VSX/POWER8+VSX2)
  - fix non-setting-flags instructions to not interfere with cmp on MIPS, POWER
  - fix logging to files on 64-bit Linux systems (from here backported down)
  - fix vertical-strips artifacts on SIMD target switch (F8, F11, F8)
  - fix full-precision IEEE-compat divps_ld on ARMv7 targets

v0.6.4: Backend improvements, full 64-bit addressing for BASE and SIMD
  - adjust rendering backend/structures to work with 64-bit addresses
  - switch to UniSIMD-assembler version 0.8.0 for full 64-bit addressing
  - double original 32-bit BASE ISA to fixed-32-bit and address-sized subsets
  - original instruction mnemonics follow in-heap/code-segment address size
  - new instruction mnemonics introduced for fixed-32-bit subset (cmdw*)
  - setting-flags instruction mnemonics remapped from (cmdz*) to (cmd*z)
  - add combined-arithmetic-jump wrapper for better API stability/efficiency
  - add new rtarch headers to house address-sized subset for 64-bit targets
  - move original (now address-sized) mappings to rtbase for 32-bit targets
  - add canonical forms for BASE div/rem and shifts (not always efficient)
  - add setting-flags versions for BASE orr/xor and unsigned shifts
  - remap one-operand instructions from cmd**_rr/mm to rx/mx and xr/xm
  - move stack instructions to their own section at the end of rtarch headers
  - move sregs instructions to their own section at the end of rtarch headers
  - add config flags for full-precision SIMD rcpps/rsqps instructions
  - add master flags for SIMD compatibility modes to rtarch main header
  - add new offset corrections for endianness (from here backported down)
  - add Win64 support via TDM64-GCC toolchain (tdm64-gcc-5.1.0-2.exe)
  - add NULL-ptr checks to custom allocators (Linux/mmap, Win64/VirtualAlloc)
  - fix setting-flags instructions for 64-bit POWER running 32-bit ISA
  - fix non-setting-flags instructions (neg*x) to not set flags on MIPS

v0.6.3: Backend improvements, 64/32-bit hybrid mode for native 64-bit ABI
  - use fixed-sized and adjustable integer types across engine files
  - switch to UniSIMD-assembler version 0.7.1 for 64/32-bit hybrid mode
  - add a64 (AArch64 native ABI) and x64 (x86_64 native ABI) targets/makefiles
  - add m64 (MIPS64 native ABI) and p64 (Power64 native ABI) targets/makefiles
  - most of the current ISA remains 32-bit for BASE and SIMD with few exceptions
  - adjust backend structures to support 64-bit pointer types in select places
  - move sys_alloc/sys_free to platform-specific files and sections
  - implement custom allocators (mmap) to limit address range to 32-bit (Linux)
  - limit address range to 2GB boundary as MIPS64 sign-extends 32-bit mem-loads
  - use mutex to protect system allocators from race conditions (Windows XP)
  - treat code labels as 64-bit in label_ld/st and jmpxx_mm instructions
  - implement 64-bit versions of stack_sa/la instructions on MIPS and POWER
  - some addresses become 64-bit others remain 32-bit to fit integer SIMD path
  - relocate bound textures (static data) in heap for 32-bit addresses (MIPS64)
  - use existing (in-heap) SIMD info struct for switch0 as stacks become 64-bit
  - fix variable SIMD shifts to support little-endian on POWER targets
  - fix ASM blocks to only use SIMD registers within VRSAVE segment on POWER
  - remove ASM block's zeroing of r15 as unnecessary on x32/x64 targets
  - reformat/rework ASM blocks to better respect internal register mapping
  - explicitly save/load SIMD registers in ASM blocks across all targets
  - drop ASM clobber lists for lack of consistency across targets/SIMD-widths
  - fix clang's ASM block l-value errors and other warnings, official support
  - adjust natural alignment (in-heap) based on pointer size, 4/8-byte boundary
  - wrap quadric debug fields in backend's SIMD info struct with RT_DEBUG flag
  - add build instructions to makefiles for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit Live CD
  - fix divps_ld instruction's encoding on ARM (fixes CORE test 15 with -a)
  - use IEEE-compatible div/sqr on legacy ARM and POWER (CORE test 14 with -a)

v0.6.2: Backend improvements, 32-bit MIPS and POWER ISAs + big-endian support
  - implement minor adjustments in the code for big-endian support
  - switch to UniSIMD-assembler version 0.7 for additional CPU architectures
  - add a32 (AArch64:ILP32 ABI) and x32 (x86_64:mx32 ABI) targets/makefiles
  - add m32 (MIPS32r5/r6 + MSA) and p32 (POWER + VMX/VSX) targets/makefiles
  - add yet another SIMD variant (v4) for x86/SSE4.1 and ARMv8/AArch32
  - separate ARMv7/ASIMDv2 (v2) and ARMv8/AArch32 (v4) SIMD variants on ARM
  - add ARM builds for Raspberry Pi 2 and 3 in addition to Nokia N900
  - use static linking in CORE and SIMD tests for QEMU emulation
  - use mmv instruction (blendvps, vmaskmov) on x86/x32 STORE_SIMD macro
  - use combined-compare-jumps in tracer for better efficiency (MIPS, POWER)
  - remove limitation for BASE instructions to only accept DP offsets
  - add new immediate/displacement types, add comment that they are unsigned
  - add comments throughout rtarch about instructions' set-flags behavior
  - implement full-range 32-bit integer divide on ARMv7 (v1) as 64-bit fp-div
  - add widening versions of integer multiply instructions to rtarch definitions
  - add remainder wrappers for integer divide instructions to rtarch definitions
  - add IEEE-compatible versions of fp div & sqr for ARMv7 and POWER targets
  - add "residual correction" to non-IEEE fp div on ARMv7 and POWER targets
  - fix "noisy walls" artifacts in CORE test 11 on ARMv7 and POWER targets
  - add SIMD tests for fp-to-int round and int-div remainder, run level 18

v0.6.1: Backend improvements, unified quadric solver + runtime SIMD targets
  - implement unified quadric solver in rendering backend
  - switch to UniSIMD-assembler version 0.6 for additional SIMD targets
  - turn off bbox sorting and removal opts for poor scalability
  - use built-in scalers in solvers instead of transform matrix
  - add new code for scalers/trnode handling in object hierarchy
  - add new aliencube and frametable objects
  - implement array's bounds highlight for debugging (primary rays only)
  - implement scalable (elliptic) bvnodes for better space efficiency
  - implement SIMD targets for AVX1, AVX2 and SSE1 in addition to SSE2
  - implement SIMD target runtime selection based on CPUID (x86 only)
  - switch SIMD target variant and width on key press (F7) and (F8)
  - add demo scene 02, implement runtime selection on key press (F11)
  - hide all numbers on the screen on key press (F12)
  - add CORE test for array's update bounds logic and scalers, run level 16
  - add SIMD test for shifts by runtime value & BASE register, run level 16
  - reduce code duplication in platform files
  - add material's entry points to backend structs (from here backported down)
  - implement roots sorting for determinant around zero
  - fix quadric roots overdraw on the edges and for mixed quads
  - use direct diff in solvers for consistency with the rest of the backend
  - propagate local point adjustments and TMASK to secondary rays
  - check quadric roots overdraw within XMASK
  - implement proper fix for conic singularity
  - improve camera's reporting precision for debugging
  - improve quadric's debug info formatting
  - replace non-standard malloc.h with stdlib.h for malloc/free
  - use custom new/delete for scene's internal classes
  - allocate rtimag's file objects on the stack, clean up logging
  - distinguish separate RT_DEBUG levels (0,1,2)
  - enable multi-threading in debug mode, turn off inverse matrix check

v0.6.0: Backend improvements, full set of quadrics + numerical stability
  - implement solvers for paracylinder, hypercylinder, hyperparaboloid
  - rework bbox adjust to fully support new quadrics
  - experiment with linear approximation (refinement) of roots (dropped)
  - use Vieta's formulas for better numerical stability in solvers
  - renormalize normals to avoid visual artifacts in edge cases
  - speed up normals with reciprocal square root
  - optimize overdraw of inner and outer roots for all quadrics
  - configure runtime optimization flags per scene, adjust scn_test08
  - add CORE test for new quadrics, run level 15
  - add SIMD test for signed shift, run level 15
  - use unfiltered hierarchical list to skip search while inserting element
  - handle element removal in ssort, lsort, insert routines
  - enable basic hidden-surfaces-removal in bbox_sort
  - enable removal while building lists for surface object
  - allow array nodes to remove other nodes, extend cases
  - adjust spherical early-out to not prevent nodes removal
  - enable array's contents removal by bbox for surface's and camera's lists
  - make material types mandatory in their names (from here backported down)
  - adjust CORE test to ignore isolated pixels, add pixhunt mode
  - reduce rounding mode's scope from global to texturing only
  - fix visual artifacts in specular highlights
  - rename lighting and bvnode feature flags in rendering backend
  - add feature flags for colored lights, ambient and diffuse to backend
  - fix compilation on 64-bit Linux systems, add 64-bit types (for time args)
  - increase divps, sqrps precision for ARM NEON (1 extra step, 2 in total)
  - fix divxn in ARM to use signed integers (as the name suggests)
  - add margins control to rtgeom, rename base routines, adjust usage in code
  - add clip relations handling to rtgeom, new runtime optimization flags
  - add future extensions to rtarch, update comments for existing targets

v0.5.9: Performance optimizations, hierarchical lists sorting
  - add command line options to CORE and SIMD test frameworks
  - add legends with description to all source and header files
  - add bounding box sorting routine to rtgeom, add macros for VEC3
  - make surface lists hierarchical, enable sorting to reduce overdraw
  - redesign rtgeom API to work with nodes, drop dependency on object
  - validate configuration values in the engine, fix stride
  - adjust backend structs to support wider SIMD (8 and 16 tested)
  - add image saving to rtimag, rename and rework routines
  - internal engine's state logging (F1) and anti-aliasing (F2)
  - cycling through camera list (F3) and screenshots (F4)
  - move camera with W, S, A, D and rotate with arrow keys
  - separate bounding boxes for trnode and bvnode of the same array
  - support bvnode hierarchy of arbitrary depth, allow re-bounding
  - rede#date logic in the engine for fine-grained control
  - split surface's matrix update into multi-threaded phase
  - add imaging mode to CORE test, adjust scn_test12 for better coverage
  - fix trnode/bvnode handling in rendering backend, enable bvnodes for shadows
  - move texture conversion to CORE test, fix undefined behaviour in scn_test13
  - enable hierarchical traversal for surface and shadow lists
  - add CORE test for complex hierarchy, run level 14
  - add SIMD test for mask helper macro, run level 14

v0.5.8: Performance optimizations, additional CORE and SIMD tests
  - add exception handling for worker threads, check for out-of-memory
  - refine exception handling, per-frame memory estimates
  - extended CORE test coverage, run level 10 to 12
  - eliminate division in rtgeom routines to avoid corner cases
  - fix bbox adjust optimization, add pixel equality macro to CORE test
  - add border margin checks to more rtgeom routines, code clean up
  - extended SIMD test coverage, run level 10 to 12
  - CORE and SIMD test framework clean up, makefiles adjustments
  - add cube root instruction to SIMD test framework
  - extended SIMD test coverage, run level 13, move rtarch files to config
  - extended CORE test coverage, run level 13, add credits for borrowed code
  - adjust bbox faces to have counter-clockwise verts order for front side

v0.5.7: Performance optimizations, CORE test framework
  - add runtime flags for respective optimizations
  - adjust classes access levels according to actual use
  - add new flags for bbox/cbox adjust optimization, multi-threading
  - unify runtime optimization flags with conditional compilation
  - add CORE test framework, run levels 1 and 2, scene data locking
  - fix matrix splitting for scaling fastpath, add new flag
  - CORE test framework, run levels 3 to 7
  - fix missing condition for boundless surfaces
  - CORE test framework, run levels 8 and 9
  - fix condition for bbox shadow optimization, adjust run level 6
  - handle corner cases properly in rtgeom routines, simplify logic
  - rename rtload files to rtimag for image library, update build instructions

v0.5.6: Performance optimizations, bounding volume for array of objects
  - calculate bounding sphere for array of objects
  - add support for bounding volume arrays (bvnodes) to rendering backend
  - add bvnode support to scene format, object classes
  - insert bvnodes into surface, shadow lists
  - add bvnode properties to scene data
  - fix visual artifacts for Linux platform under heavy load (browser + flash)

v0.5.5: Performance optimizations, multi-phase threading and other refinements
  - add support for multi-phase (with sync points) threaded update and render
  - split part of hierarchical update into a separate multi-threaded phase
  - refine bounding and clipping boxes based on custom clippers
  - only update changing parts of the object hierarchy and surface data
  - move inverse matrix calculation from hierarchical to multi-threaded phase

v0.5.4: Performance optimizations, custom per-side lists
  - add generic surface coeffs to object classes
  - add clipped surface side visibility routines for given point
  - build separate light lists for each side of the surface
  - add clipped surface side visibility routines for given bbox
  - build separate shadow lists for each side of the surface
  - build separate surface lists for each side of the surface

v0.5.3: Performance optimizations, custom shadow lists
  - add bounding sphere to object classes
  - build custom per-surface per-light shadow lists
  - refine shadows optimization with bounding boxes

v0.5.2: Performance optimizations, transform caching and scaling fastpath
  - add transform caching (trnodes) to object classes
  - insert trnodes into clipper, surface and tile lists
  - implement transform caching in rendering backend, optimize for clippers
  - refactor transform code in rendering backend for scaling fastpath
  - split axis mapping from scale-only transform matrix
  - implement scaling fastpath in rendering backend
  - add Node class to object classes, rebase Array and Surface
  - use trnode's matrix for normals in rendering backend, simplify logic
  - add more comments, refine state logging, label names, classes access levels

v0.5.1: Performance optimizations, tiled rendering
  - adjust bounding and clipping boxes according to surface shape
  - add bounding box geometry, update vertices according to transform
  - add bounding box projection routines for tiled rendering
  - add tilebuffer support to backend structures, scene manager
  - implement tilebuffer in rendering backend, add support for tiles highlight
  - clean up state logging macros, refine per-frame allocs estimates

v0.5.0: Performance optimizations, multi-threading support
  - add multi-threading framework to scene manager, rendering backend
  - add multi-threading implementation for Linux, Win32 platforms
  - fix crashes in fullscreen mode for Linux platform, clean up FPS logging
  - add support for temporary per-frame heap allocs
  - add logging for scene state, support for log redirect
  - clean up names for makefile flags, backend flags

v0.4.1: Geometry transform, custom clipping with accumulator
  - add clipping accum to backend structures, scene format, object classes
  - add sub-array indexing to scene format, object classes
  - implement clipping accum in rendering backend
  - fix texture load macro, add texture crate01, texture embedding flag
  - add box object to scene data, material for crate01, red01, adjust ambient
  - add scene namespaces to resolve name collisions
  - add clipping accum with boxes, quadric shapes to scene data

v0.4.0: Geometry transform, free-angle rotation and axis scaling
  - add transform matrix to backend structures, object classes
  - add inverse matrix computation to geometry utils
  - implement transform in rendering backend
  - add transform to scene data, adjust formatting

v0.3.6: Lighting & effects, full screen anti-aliasing
  - add anti-aliasing mode to backend structures, scene manager
  - implement anti-aliasing in rendering backend
  - add anti-aliasing selection to demo app, refactor key handling
  - fix ray vertical positioning for non-aa mode

v0.3.5: Lighting & effects, compute attenuation
  - add attenuation properties to backend structures, object classes
  - implement attenuation in rendering backend
  - add attenuation to scene data

v0.3.4: Lighting & effects, specular highlights for metals and non-metals
  - add specular properties to backend structures, object classes
  - implement specular highlights in rendering backend
  - add specular highlights to scene data, adjust materials naming scheme

v0.3.3: Lighting & effects, compute refractions
  - add refraction properties to backend structures, object classes
  - implement refractions in rendering backend
  - add refractions to scene data

v0.3.2: Lighting & effects, compute reflections
  - add surface lists to scene manager
  - add reflection properties to backend structures, object classes
  - implement reflections in rendering backend
  - add reflections to scene data

v0.3.1: Lighting & effects, hard shadows
  - add shadows to scene manager
  - implement shadows in rendering backend

v0.3.0: Lighting & effects, compute diffuse
  - add lighting to backend structures, object classes
  - implement lighting in rendering backend
  - add lighting to scene data

v0.2.2: Quadric solvers, compute normals
  - add normals computation to rendering backend
  - add camera animator to scene data

v0.2.1: Quadric solvers, custom clipping by surface
  - add custom clipping to backend structures, object classes
  - implement custom clipping in rendering backend
  - add custom clipping to scene data

v0.2.0: Quadric solvers, multiple of 90 degree rotation
  - add quadric surfaces to backend structures, object classes
  - implement quadric surfaces in rendering backend
  - add cylinders and spheres to scene data

v0.1.2: Plane solver, basic texturing
  - add basic texturing to backend structures, object classes
  - implement basic texturing in rendering backend
  - add simple tile texture to scene data
  - implement BMP texture loader and texture conversion for embedding

v0.1.1: Plane solver, axis clipping
  - add axis clipping to backend structures, object classes
  - implement axis clipping in rendering backend
  - adjust scene data for clipped plane to be visible

v0.1.0: Plane solver, first rays out!
  - reorganize directory structure for the engine
  - add backend structures, object classes, scene manager
  - add first scene data, main app window and scene rendering

v0.0.5: Unified SIMD assembler, API freeze for the engine
  - instruction naming scheme finalized
  - change ARM instructions to set flags
  - added framework for internal constants (used by reciprocals)
  - fix div in ARM to use signed integers
  - increase div, sqr precision for MPE

v0.0.4: SIMD test framework, macro assembler overhaul
  - macro expansion reworked for better compiler compatibility
  - immediate/displacement parameters handling redesigned
  - added reciprocal support for SSE, MPE support refined

v0.0.3: SIMD test framework, run level 9
  - tests for integer mul, div, jmp instructions
  - SIMD tests for integer add, shl, shr instructions
  - SIMD tests for cvt, sqr, rsq instructions

v0.0.2: SIMD test framework, run level 5
  - SIMD tests for mul, div, cmp instructions

v0.0.1: SIMD test framework, run level 1
  - SIMD tests for add, sub instructions

v0.0.0: Empty project
  - initial file set and directory structure