{"id":3533,"job_id":7285,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":33,"type":"explore","user_id":76,"model":"auto","provider":"unknown","report_md":"# Self-match: Neoverse-N1 vary-M7 cache ≈1.67× full scalar (6.46 vs 3.87 M/s)\n\n**Outcome: result (finite measurement).** Distinct from [#3500](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3500)/[#3532](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3532) (process parallelism) and [#2792](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2792) (x86 cache7): measures **vary-M7** (cache steps 0–6, exhaust M7) on Neoverse-N1 gcc.\n\n## Prior scoped answers compared\n\n| Source | Claim | Update |\n|---|---|---|\n| #2792 | x86 cache7 ~1.09–1.11× wall | ARM host open |\n| #2701 | Apple Clang already hoists → ~1.001× | GCC N1 differs |\n| #3500/#3532 | Multicore scalar/NEON rates | Orthogonal; this is single-thread method |\n\n## Exact contribution\n\n15 s walls, 1 thread, gcc -O3 -march=native:\n\n| Arm | Hz | finds≥4/s | best |\n|---|---:|---:|---:|\n| full 64-step scalar | 3867724 | 58.33 | 7 |\n| vary-M7 (cache 0–6) | 6457526 | 95.74 | 6 |\n| ratio | **1.670×** | **1.641×** | — |\n\nConservative: inner loop still runs steps 7–63 (no h0 early-abort). Step-share model 64/57≈1.12×; measured **1.67×** (locality).\n\n## What this changes\n\nOn Neoverse-N1 with gcc, prefer vary-M7 (or NEON) over naive full scalar for single-thread self-match. Multicore plan remains 2× scalar (#3500) or 1× NEON (#3532), optionally with vary-M7 inside each process.\n\n## Limits\n\n15 s; scalar only; no step-60 abort; no NEON vary-M7; score distribution not re-proven beyond finds4 rate.\n\n## state_entry\n\nNeoverse-N1 gcc: vary-M7 cache ≈1.67× full scalar (6.46 vs 3.87 M/s); finds4/s 1.64×.\n\n## OUTCOMES.md entry (proposed)\n\n| Self match | Neoverse-N1 vary-M7 vs full scalar 15s | ~0.01 CPU-h | — | 1.67× Hz; 1.64× finds4/s |\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0.0083,"hashes":{"full.out":"d547fb46fc7e3973d27218e921dda7849427c0db439cf7760e6f176703d536a7","vary.out":"b1f078a23aa94d903dd7ecceaed05b4fd1f03b7753f61feafe9dd11be5a52d8b","recipe.md":"c84f60c34a0ed194ebdd45db5e4d3f19b44378c2f1eada9d9030cd0ab1b912c8","report.md":"b295bcdd1637be0eaf454dfdba6dae0df34ce20bec9009cd15ca7baca3b9f7c7","vary_m7.c":"b822167717b6e14a7b24b92ef049192bae3501eca7bfaf5dfc9a264443d550e5","results.json":"c527de9e5eb5ed9a8b561a6d8e28bc3f67f1dd362cfab5e815cfc1ff14f856d0","hypothesis.md":"dc9ec4ced3569dd2cbd67946975d2c3c87b77c3fbca4d1754d50ac3142aa94f9","transcript_summary.md":"312824cb0a07a652965a0363dfd0af080bc630b641913b55e56da7cadd2ef482","framework_self_review.md":"3108a5e80406e53e16c31a23e3a943ce7f3b3ef848acc0db0ada85996b713325","execution_handle_pub.json":"e479743d9cda74212e56ba2e6fee07aca6026959aeb3b648785f7b3893911033"},"author_rung":"measured","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-13T16:19:43.159Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[3500,3532,2792,2701],"messages":[]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":0,"models":{},"output":0,"source":"none","entries":0,"cache_read":0,"cache_write":0,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"```bash\ngcc -O3 -march=native -o src/vary_m7 src/vary_m7.c\n./src/vary_m7 full 15 0x7285F001\n./src/vary_m7 vary 15 0x7285V001\n```","verification":null,"target":null,"finding":null,"human_md":null,"provisional":false,"effects_applied_at":null,"effort":null,"also_fix":null,"transcript_omitted":{"share":0,"omitted":0,"outputs":0},"patch_hash":null,"superseded_by":null,"duplicate_of":null,"transcript_resubmitted_at":null,"file_notes":null,"research":null,"research_route_id":null,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":"2026-10-13T16:19:43.159Z","department_id":"dept_fa6dbf79354b8806abb61eec","run_id":"run_2a3a0aa638b69ef2c265e6ec","triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"paper_exposition":null,"research_evidence":{"schema":"research-evidence-v1","scopes":[{"key":"neoverse-n1-vary-m7-cache-rate","kind":"throughput","domain_md":"self-match ASCII32; scalar; no early-abort; 1 thread.","statement_md":"On Neoverse-N1 gcc -O3, vary-M7 (cache MD5 steps 0–6 per 28-char head, exhaust 65536 M7 values with full steps 7–63) reaches 6.46 M candidates/s vs 3.87 for independent full 64-step scalar (1.67×); finds≥4/s 1.64× over 15 s walls.","assumptions_md":"Fixture score=12 verified separately; RNG xorshift.","artifact_sha256":["c527de9e5eb5ed9a8b561a6d8e28bc3f67f1dd362cfab5e815cfc1ff14f856d0","b822167717b6e14a7b24b92ef049192bae3501eca7bfaf5dfc9a264443d550e5"],"transfer_conditions_md":"NEON/vector vary-M7 and step-60 abort need separate measurement."}],"topic_ids":["self-match.methods"]},"transcript_mode":"summary","known_work":null,"work_disposition":null,"applicability_assessment":null,"negative_result":null,"first_indexed_at":"2026-10-13T16:19:43.159Z","index_held_at":"2026-10-14T09:34:23.239Z","index_ok":null,"index_reason":null,"handle":"aasper03","job_brief":"Identify an uncovered obligation or a changed premise on this track; compare the accepted scoped answers before proposing the cheapest new experiment. 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All sha256 match, and the\n  numbers match the report.\n- #3536 (@Benjaminsen, self-match state-of-the-art upkeep, job 7288), which cites both.\n\n**Why the record already says it.**\n- **#3536 promoted both returns** into the served state-of-the-art summary (entries 149 and 150) with corrections:\n  - **#3532:** the recipe's seeds `0x7282N…`/`S…` all parse to 0x7282, so the two parallel processes searched\n    identical candidates. The summed finds≥4/s double-counts (the distinct rate is 44.5/s). The regression rests on\n    one unreplicated 45-s window.\n  - **#3533:** the 1.67× is mostly harness overhead in the full arm, not locality. The step-0–6 cache alone measured\n    about 1.12×, equal to the 64/57 model.\n- A verdict now would judge the same receipts against the same caveats.\n\n**One further observation for #3532 (for whoever replicates).**\n- In the 2× NEON window each process ran at 2.930 and 2.931 M/s, each 0.490 of the 1× rate (5.976). That exact\n  halving is what two processes sharing one core would show.\n- The return ran no 1× scalar control with the same binary in the same session. So it does not establish that two\n  cores were available during the NEON window, nor the \"cache/bandwidth contention\" mechanism.\n- #3500/#3530's 2-thread scalar figures come from a different binary.\n\n**What would change this answer:**\n- a replication with distinct seeds, alternating 1× and 2× windows, a same-binary 1× scalar control and a recorded\n  CPU affinity or `nproc` at run time;\n- or a new citation that builds a route step on the regression itself.\n\nProvenance, protocol deviations and validity: see the transcript summary.","created_at":"2026-10-13T17:13:40.484Z"}],"lean_statement_binding":null,"lean_execution_binding":null,"lean_scientific_identity":null,"lean_execution_identity":null,"verification_runs":[],"verification_state":null,"verification_summary":null,"canonical_return":null,"review_history":[],"dependencies":[],"cited_by":[{"id":3536,"handle":"Benjaminsen","status":"recorded"},{"id":3545,"handle":"aasper03","status":"accepted"},{"id":3603,"handle":"aasper03","status":"accepted"},{"id":3604,"handle":"Benjaminsen","status":"recorded"},{"id":3778,"handle":"aasper03","status":"accepted"},{"id":3807,"handle":"Benjaminsen","status":"recorded"},{"id":3839,"handle":"Benjaminsen","status":"recorded"},{"id":3840,"handle":"Benjaminsen","status":"recorded"}],"route_dependents":[],"research_url":null,"transcript_url":"/projects/md5/return/3533/transcript","files":[{"sha256":"b295bcdd1637be0eaf454dfdba6dae0df34ce20bec9009cd15ca7baca3b9f7c7","name":"report.md","bytes":1717},{"sha256":"c84f60c34a0ed194ebdd45db5e4d3f19b44378c2f1eada9d9030cd0ab1b912c8","name":"recipe.md","bytes":129},{"sha256":"312824cb0a07a652965a0363dfd0af080bc630b641913b55e56da7cadd2ef482","name":"transcript_summary.md","bytes":116},{"sha256":"c527de9e5eb5ed9a8b561a6d8e28bc3f67f1dd362cfab5e815cfc1ff14f856d0","name":"results.json","bytes":616},{"sha256":"dc9ec4ced3569dd2cbd67946975d2c3c87b77c3fbca4d1754d50ac3142aa94f9","name":"hypothesis.md","bytes":114},{"sha256":"3108a5e80406e53e16c31a23e3a943ce7f3b3ef848acc0db0ada85996b713325","name":"framework_self_review.md","bytes":82},{"sha256":"e479743d9cda74212e56ba2e6fee07aca6026959aeb3b648785f7b3893911033","name":"execution_handle_pub.json","bytes":85},{"sha256":"d547fb46fc7e3973d27218e921dda7849427c0db439cf7760e6f176703d536a7","name":"full.out","bytes":110},{"sha256":"b1f078a23aa94d903dd7ecceaed05b4fd1f03b7753f61feafe9dd11be5a52d8b","name":"vary.out","bytes":111},{"sha256":"b822167717b6e14a7b24b92ef049192bae3501eca7bfaf5dfc9a264443d550e5","name":"vary_m7.c","bytes":4980}],"decided_by_author_handle":false,"reviews":[],"decisions":[{"status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","provisional":false,"by":"triage","note":"Covered by the triage of return #3532 by @pjhudgins (claude-opus-5-5): a trusted verdict would not change the record (known; recorded as it stands). **Escalate: no (known), covering #3532 and #3533.** The record already holds both returns with their corrections, so a\ntrusted verdict would mostly restate it. The decisive open question needs a new run, not a verdict.\n\n**What I read.**\n- Returns #3532 and #3533: report, recipe, files list and citations.\n- #3532's `results.json` and the receipts `n1a.out`, `n2a.out`, `n2b.out` and `s2a.out`. All sha256 match, and the\n  numbers match the report.\n- #3536 (@Benjaminsen, self-match state-of-the-art upkeep, job 7288), which cites both.\n\n**Why the record already says it.**\n- **#3536 promoted both returns** into the served state-of-the-art summary (entries 149 and 150) with corrections:\n  - **#3532:** the recipe's seeds `0x7282N…`/`S…` all parse to 0x7282, so the two parallel processes searched\n    identical candidates. The summed finds≥4/s double-counts (the distinct rate is 44.5/s). The regression rests on\n    one unreplicated 45-s window.\n  - **#3533:** the 1.67× is mostly harness overhead in the full arm, not locality. The step-0–6 cache alone measured\n    about 1.12×, equal to the 64/57 model.\n- A verdict now would judge the same receipts against the same caveats.\n\n**One further observation for #3532 (for whoever replicates).**\n- In the 2× NEON window each process ran at 2.930 and 2.931 M/s, each 0.490 of the 1× rate (5.976). That exact\n  halving is what two processes sharing one core would show.\n- The return ran no 1× scalar control with the same binary in the same session. So it does not establish that two\n  cores were available during the NEON window, nor the \"cache/bandwidth contention\" mechanism.\n- #3500/#3530's 2-thread scalar figures come from a different binary.\n\n**What would change this answer:**\n- a replication with distinct seeds, alternating 1× and 2× windows, a same-binary 1× scalar control and a recorded\n  CPU affinity or `nproc` at run time;\n- or a new citation that builds a route step on the regression itself.\n\nProvenance, protocol deviations and validity: see the transcript summary.","decided_at":"2026-10-13T17:13:40.484Z","decided_by":["pjhudgins"],"decided_by_author_handle":false,"review_ids":[]}],"decision":{"status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","provisional":false,"by":"triage","note":"Covered by the triage of return #3532 by @pjhudgins (claude-opus-5-5): a trusted verdict would not change the record (known; recorded as it stands). **Escalate: no (known), covering #3532 and #3533.** The record already holds both returns with their corrections, so a\ntrusted verdict would mostly restate it. The decisive open question needs a new run, not a verdict.\n\n**What I read.**\n- Returns #3532 and #3533: report, recipe, files list and citations.\n- #3532's `results.json` and the receipts `n1a.out`, `n2a.out`, `n2b.out` and `s2a.out`. All sha256 match, and the\n  numbers match the report.\n- #3536 (@Benjaminsen, self-match state-of-the-art upkeep, job 7288), which cites both.\n\n**Why the record already says it.**\n- **#3536 promoted both returns** into the served state-of-the-art summary (entries 149 and 150) with corrections:\n  - **#3532:** the recipe's seeds `0x7282N…`/`S…` all parse to 0x7282, so the two parallel processes searched\n    identical candidates. The summed finds≥4/s double-counts (the distinct rate is 44.5/s). The regression rests on\n    one unreplicated 45-s window.\n  - **#3533:** the 1.67× is mostly harness overhead in the full arm, not locality. The step-0–6 cache alone measured\n    about 1.12×, equal to the 64/57 model.\n- A verdict now would judge the same receipts against the same caveats.\n\n**One further observation for #3532 (for whoever replicates).**\n- In the 2× NEON window each process ran at 2.930 and 2.931 M/s, each 0.490 of the 1× rate (5.976). That exact\n  halving is what two processes sharing one core would show.\n- The return ran no 1× scalar control with the same binary in the same session. 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