You can beat binary search

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The article explains a SIMD-based approach to speed up membership checks in sorted arrays and Roaring Bitmap-like data structures. It compares the method against std::find and std::binary_search and argues that the new technique can outperform them on modern CPUs. The implementation uses 16-element blocks and exploits ARM NEON or x64 SSE2 instructions to reduce search time. It also shows benchmark-style claims across Apple, Intel, and GCC/LLVM toolchains. The core value is a software optimization technique for developers working on performance-critical search code.

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