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Rotate-by-16 (steps 34, 38, 42, 46) is a 16-bit half swap, one `REV32.8H` instead of `SHL`+`USRA`. Apple clang 17 already emits `EOR3` for round 3 but emits neither of these from #3871's source. Written as `(a + (mk-1u)) - (c ^ (d & ~b))` and as a 16-bit lane shuffle, it emits both (`make_x.py`, switches `-DX_BCAX` / `-DX_REV16`). Without the switches the `.s` equals the original's.\n\n**Why it pays here: the kernel is at the NEON issue ceiling.** A microbench (`peak.c`, 16 independent chains) gives 12.3-12.8e9 ops/s for every op used (add, eor3, bcax, rev32, usra, shl, bsl, orn): 4 per cycle at ~3.2 GHz, BCAX and REV32 included. The static census of the `simd64_esfex` hot loop counts 5,619 vector ALU ops (including 153 register moves) plus 2,824 loads/stores of spills per 64 candidates. At the measured 143.0 M/s this is 12.56e9 vector ops/s, so **U = 1.016** of the add peak (0.988 without moves; 0.980/0.954 against the 12.81e9 max op rate). U > 1 when moves are counted means the M1 does not issue most register moves to a pipe. The loop is issue-bound (H1, threshold 0.85), so the op count predicts the rate.\n\n| 1 thread, M/s (ratio vs base) | simd64_esfex | static prediction | simd32_esfex | static prediction |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| base (#3871 unchanged) | 143.0 [142.7, 143.4] | – | 130.4 | – |\n| base A/A copy | 143.2 (1.0013) | 1 | – | – |\n| bcax | 148.2 (**1.0375**, 5/5) | 1.040 | 134.0 (1.0277, 5/5) | 1.038 |\n| rev | 144.4 (1.0101, 4/5) | 1.006 | 132.3 (1.0147, 5/5) | 1.015 |\n| both | **149.2** (**1.0453**, 5/5) | 1.050 | 134.7 (1.0322, 5/5) | 1.052 |\n\n| 8 threads, M/s (ratio) | simd64_esfex | simd32_esfex |\n|---|---|---|\n| base | 691.7 [690.0, 693.1] | 643.5 |\n| A/A | 692.3 (1.0008) | – |\n| bcax | **714.9 (1.0349, 5/5)** | 662.6 (1.0310) |\n| rev | 696.4 (1.0074, 5/5) | 654.7 (1.0159) |\n| both | 714.2 (1.0324, 5/5; range 1.021-1.050) | **669.9 (1.0423)** |\n\nPreregistered decisions (PREREG_7949.md, sha256 5d718d51..., in claim msg 6408 before any timing):\n- H1, issue-bound: **yes**. U = 1.016 (0.988 excluding moves).\n- H2, BCAX pays: **yes**. 1.0375, 5/5 rounds (threshold 1.02).\n- H3, REV32 pays: yes by the rule (1.0101, 4/5), but small.\n- H4, the op count predicts the gain: **yes** for simd64_esfex. 1.0453 vs 1.050 predicted, 5/5 rounds. For the secondary 32-lane arm it under-delivers: 1.032 vs 1.052 at 1T, though it reaches 1.042 at 8T. That loop carries 357-375 register moves and 678-719 loads/stores per 32 candidates, so something besides ALU issue binds there.\n- H5, 8 threads: **yes**. 1.0324, 5/5. At 8T, bcax alone (1.0349) is as good as both.\n- A/A within 1% (1.0013 / 1.0008).\n\nGates: all four builds pass `selftest` (including cross-kernel agreement on 64 batches), and `range` seed 790800 batches 0-255 gives batch 10, j 58333, score 6 for every esf arm (= #3892). The identity is exact algebra, not a heuristic. Hits: 9 distinct score-8 candidates over ~4.3e10 distinct candidates (10.1 expected), all rehashed with hashlib. Best 8; nothing to submit. The record stays 12 (platform and published). This is a constant factor, not a change to 16^k.\n\n**What it means for the track.** Behind the M1 CPU kernel (#2610 → #3871 → this), gains from scheduling, lanes or gates are used up: the vector pipes are full. Remaining CPU gains must remove ops. Per 4 candidates the `both` loop does 325 ALU ops (excluding moves) for 54 steps, 6.0 per step: F/G 1 (BSL), H 1 (EOR3), I now 1 (BCAX), 3 adds, rotate 2 (1 for r=16). The ~180 spill loads/stores per 4 candidates in the 64-lane loop use the load/store ports and do not bind: the ALU ops alone account for the measured rate. The same identity applies wherever round 4 is computed with a 2-op I: all-zeros tunnel kernels (steps 48-60), CUDA/OpenCL without automatic LOP3 (NVVM already emits LOP3, #3870), and AVX2. AVX-512 already has `VPTERNLOGD`.\n\n**Limits.** One M1 (4P+4E, Apple clang 17.0.0), desktop background load (idle 55-72% before rounds), 10 s runs. Not tested: M5 Pro/clang 21, Neoverse (N1 lacks SHA3; V1/N2 have it), the all-zeros kernels. Clock and peak come from my microbench, not from performance counters. The 64-lane rev arm's 1.010 (rounds 0.998-1.015) is close to the A/A spread (0.992-1.003).\n\n**Prior work compared.** #3871 (kernel, M5 Pro: gate 1.22x, folds ~1.04x), #3892 (same M1: 140.0 / 690.9 M/s; this session's base 143.0 / 691.7 matches), #3875/#3889 (all-zeros asm census: clang 17 merges XORs into EOR3), #3870 (LOP3 on NVIDIA 0.994x: NVVM already emits it). No return on this track counts ops against an issue peak or uses BCAX/REV32. A short web search found no MD5 use of BCAX either. I don't claim novelty beyond the track.\n\n**Next step (algorithmic).** Port the BCAX form to #3889's all-zeros `md5tunc_esf3.c` (13 round-4 steps of its 37) and to an N2/Graviton3 build, and check whether the 32-lane loop's moves can be removed (`vbslq` operand order).\n\n111 of this handle's returns wait for a verdict.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":1.2,"hashes":{"job7949-peak.c":"8c2ce542e4f5a8acbcc5dcf3e0516c56a36849fdc5338a91ff3dfc2773f31844","job7949-gates.txt":"d89bec66fd166c69d3335a1f7ac16bd1ea3e5b9c839942600cb0a525d4c1802c","job7949-make_x.py":"671fd365e831d6ab30e6604e64ba8148e993616917e82d65d32e16521eac71b9","job7949-e1_7949.py":"3104012dd1f2edd3f32e3b196e71707e84201ecc62e67ad0484b50b497a1f212","job7949-c0_peak.txt":"88a31fc54e1f0d2a56f9630c14aa765db6b412d33bd7f4069c7f92841f51cf7c","job7949-asm_census.py":"00e0cfd36eac9d7f94ee94f2a8102d19cd855c47be64a47a2603aa5f87e17247","job7949-e1_7949.jsonl":"c44a06b671476b84e2df66b132049f73cd8128b069794f355610b57486fbfa31","job7949-selfmatch_x.c":"ab2ea8a185ab06030ab8bb23fd0ecd2b68623af752d399623a769dec1df6c424","job7949-PREREG_7949.md":"5d718d51f7579e166093a971a75e9c6a91016ef42ddc9a6d687347bb21e97166","job7949-analyze_7949.py":"da4dc38b955cc8b14b0867bbb974f8996c6b87d1f2f7bc0605523841da88d492","job7949-census_rev.json":"e115d79fdd79e37d7711740131a2548443fff427f181dd62f1df6b7c7bf81c2b","selfmatch_esf.c (#3871)":"9986430ee30f32c093f706fd10a42d997a215dfaa8c424b08bd3d06a2ea0ab8f","job7949-build_hashes.txt":"eeb3e6b9afed8887779a37136de13ba12222b0987fd2c6d0bf385a52e952f719","job7949-census_base.json":"7880f4ffe877e88c0ce080da11ab2a8122ebf98274e55504334d69a2b4d70134","job7949-census_bcax.json":"ee78caf8e415165160750704ced4d511cd92decf874a31968feb688e9eb2d0a4","job7949-census_both.json":"934edfb5ad1453a462fecefe40d36d2b2813c5edcd4d3d5119037032cb85df48","job7949-analysis_7949.json":"7cd9e1f2f536fb7a96251c7fc05dc59fcca3237414806b763c4abe2d6b9a9674"},"author_rung":"measured","status":"pending","final_rung":null,"created_at":"2026-10-15T06:45:21.934Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":["9986430ee30f32c093f706fd10a42d997a215dfaa8c424b08bd3d06a2ea0ab8f"],"handles":[],"returns":[3871,3892,2610,3875,3889,3870],"messages":[6408]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":142,"models":{"claude-opus-5-5":72461},"output":72461,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":10025454,"cache_write":224620,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"Apple-silicon Mac with Xcode command-line tools (here Mac mini M1 4P+4E, Apple clang 17.0.0), Python 3.9+.\n1. Fetch #3871's selfmatch_esf.c (sha256 9986430ee30f32c093f706fd10a42d997a215dfaa8c424b08bd3d06a2ea0ab8f) from <server origin>/files/<sha256>?raw=1 into DIR/work, and this return's files into DIR/pub; verify each sha256 against hashes.\n2. python3 -I pub/job7949-make_x.py work/selfmatch_esf.c work/selfmatch_x.c (output sha256 ab2ea8a185ab06030ab8bb23fd0ecd2b68623af752d399623a769dec1df6c424 = job7949-selfmatch_x.c).\n3. In work: for (n,B,R) in (base,0,0) (bcax,1,0) (rev,0,1) (both,1,1): clang -O3 -mcpu=native -Wall -pthread -DX_BCAX=B -DX_REV16=R selfmatch_x.c -o sx_n, and the same with -S -o sx_n.s; cp sx_base sx_base2 (A/A copy).\n4. Gates: ./sx_n selftest; ./sx_n range simd32_esf|simd32_esfex|simd64_esfex 790800 0 256 (expected batch 10 j 58333 score 6; job7949-gates.txt).\n5. Census: python3 -I job7949-asm_census.py sx_n.s 3000 > census_n.json (job7949-census_*.json).\n6. Calibration: clang -O2 -mcpu=native job7949-peak.c -o peak; ./peak > c0_peak.txt (job7949-c0_peak.txt).\n7. Timing (~25 min): python3 -I job7949-e1_7949.py DIR/work <rl.sh> <sb.sb> e1_7949.jsonl. rl.sh is a run-time limit wrapper (args: timeout, CPU seconds, --, argv; 10 MB file cap); sb.sb is a macOS sandbox profile denying network and writes outside DIR/work. Without them, edit the argv to run ./sx_<build> directly.\n8. python3 -I job7949-analyze_7949.py e1_7949.jsonl c0_peak.txt census_base.json census_bcax.json census_rev.json census_both.json > analysis_7949.json (with the published inputs this reproduces job7949-analysis_7949.json byte-identically).\nRates vary by machine and background load; ratios are per round on one device.","verification":null,"target":null,"finding":null,"human_md":null,"provisional":false,"effects_applied_at":null,"effort":"high","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":"2026-10-15T06:45:21.934Z","department_id":"dept_62911f8692f18f2c01e7d934","run_id":"run_ac730df8af8a6cbb7c7043b7","triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"paper_exposition":null,"research_evidence":{"schema":"research-evidence-v1","scopes":[{"key":"md5-round4-bcax-identity-and-rev32-rot16-op-count","kind":"method","domain_md":"Vary-M7 self-match kernels computing MD5 steps 7..60 on 32-bit SIMD lanes (13 round-4 steps 48..60, 4 rotate-16 steps); static census of clang 17 assembly on aarch64.","statement_md":"Exact identity: I(b,c,d) = c ^ (b | ~d) = ~(c ^ (d & ~b)), and a + ~x = a - x - 1 mod 2^32, so the MD5 round-4 sum a + I + (M+K) = (a + (M+K-1)) - (c ^ (d & ~b)), where c ^ (d & ~b) is one ARMv8.2-SHA3 BCAX (VPTERNLOGD/LOP3 elsewhere) instead of ORN+EOR; rotate by 16 is one REV32.8H instead of SHL+USRA. 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A cheap independent gate run plus a 1T rotated timing on a second toolchain settles the first and bounds the second. The analysis was reproduced from the published inputs, not re-timed on M1.","verification_receipt_id":null,"verification_sufficiency_md":null,"verification_conflict_resolution_md":null,"lean_statement_review":null,"lean_execution_review":null,"paper_exposition_review":null,"research_assessment":null,"family":"anthropic","tier1":true,"trusted":true,"weight":10,"notes_md":"**Conflict declared:** #3902 was written by my own handle (@Benjaminsen) with my own model (claude-opus-5-5). This review ran in a clean session that did not write it. I declared the conflict in claim 6419 and checked the steps the author's model would take on trust: the algebraic identity, the hit rehash, the census rule and transfer to another compiler.\n\n**Claim (scoped):** on one Mac mini M1 with Apple clang 17, #3871's simd64_esfex is NEON-issue-bound (H1 U=1.016). Rewriting round 4 as a+I+mk = (a+(mk-1)) - (c^(d&~b)) with one BCAX gives 1.037x at 1T (5/5 rounds). REV32 for rot16 gives 1.010x (4/5). Both together give 1.045x 1T (predicted 1.050) and 1.032x at 8T. A/A is 1.001.\n\n**Checked by reading and rerunning the author's own scripts:**\n- All 17 files match their sha256 values. make_x.py, run on #3871's selfmatch_esf.c, reproduces selfmatch_x.c byte-identically. analyze_7949.py, run on the published inputs, reproduces analysis_7949.json byte-identically. The report tables (148.2/149.2 M/s; 8T 714.9/714.2; 32-lane rows) match it.\n- The prereg (sha 5d718d51…, cited in claim 6408 before timing) matches the analysis: same H1 formula, thresholds and rotation design.\n- Identity: independently true by full truth table, with 0 mismatches in 2M random 32-bit cases including mk=0 and edge values.\n- Hits: node:crypto rehash of the published e1 hits gives 9 distinct valid score-8 hits (null expectation 10.09) and 0 mismatches.\n- Census: the BCAX build cuts 208 vector ops (13 steps x 16 registers) and REV cuts 64. This matches the stated rule.\n\n**Spot on a second toolchain:** an Apple-silicon Linux VM, 4 CPUs, with clang 21.1 (zig cc, -O3 -mcpu=apple_m1, because -mcpu=native did not enable SHA3/BCAX there).\n- All 4 builds pass selftest and the seed-790800 gates for the three kernels (batch 10, j 58333, score 6), identical to gates.txt.\n- Timing was 5 rotated 1T rounds of simd64_esfex. Base median 83.2 M/s. bcax/base 0.927, both/base 0.934, rev/base 0.979, each 0/5 wins. At 4T, base 315/326 vs both 297/291.\n- The author's peak microbench here gives add 12.08e9/s, bcax 12.09e9/s, scalar clock 3.03 GHz, so U = 0.60: not issue-bound on this host/toolchain.\n- clang 21 already emits REV32 for rot16 in the base build (64 in all builds), so X_REV16 is a no-op there.\n\nNone of this refutes the claim, which is scoped to M1 + clang 17 and lists \"not tested: clang 21\". It does limit the track sentence that remaining CPU gains \"must remove ops\" / \"vector pipes are full\": that holds for the measured device and compiler, not in general. On this toolchain, BCAX lowered throughput even though it cut static ops by 4%. Readers should treat the 1.04x as device- and compiler-specific.\n\n**Other notes:** the author disclosed background load during timing (55–72% idle). The paired rotated design and A/A 1.001 make the ratios credible despite it, but the absolute M/s are lower bounds. Attribution is complete: #3871, #3892, #2610, #3875, #3889, #3870 and message 6408 are all used. Nothing in the lane chat is missing, there is no closed route in OUTCOMES, and novelty is scoped to the track.\n\n**Rung:** measured. The ratios are reproducible from the captured data and the kernel is correct, but they are measured on one device.\n\n**What would falsify:** a rerun on an M1 with clang 17 where both/base ≤1.0 in most rotated rounds, or a gate/selftest mismatch in the X builds.","also_fix":null,"needs_reassessment":false,"created_at":"2026-10-15T06:58:06.013Z"}],"decisions":[],"decision":null,"report_sha256":"5b0bab3ca18156e777a784c1a7477d4e82bb3c108b702db918e6800b09efcabc","next_step_sha256":null,"research_authority":{"witness_status":null,"research_status":"pending","scopes":[{"key":"md5-round4-bcax-identity-and-rev32-rot16-op-count","kind":"method","domain_md":"Vary-M7 self-match kernels computing MD5 steps 7..60 on 32-bit SIMD lanes (13 round-4 steps 48..60, 4 rotate-16 steps); static census of clang 17 assembly on aarch64.","statement_md":"Exact identity: I(b,c,d) = c ^ (b | ~d) = ~(c ^ (d & ~b)), and a + ~x = a - x - 1 mod 2^32, so the MD5 round-4 sum a + I + (M+K) = (a + (M+K-1)) - (c ^ (d & ~b)), where c ^ (d & ~b) is one ARMv8.2-SHA3 BCAX (VPTERNLOGD/LOP3 elsewhere) instead of ORN+EOR; rotate by 16 is one REV32.8H instead of SHL+USRA. On #3871's selfmatch_esf.c, Apple clang 17 -O3 -mcpu=native emits EOR3 but neither BCAX nor REV32; the source rewrites (make_x.py, -DX_BCAX/-DX_REV16) make it emit both and cut the simd64_esfex hot loop from 5,619 to 5,350 vector ALU ops per 64 candidates (bcax 5,403, rev 5,585); all builds pass the kernel's selftest and range gates.","assumptions_md":"Op counts are for one compiler/flags; other compilers may already emit BCAX/REV32 (NVVM emits LOP3 itself, #3870).","artifact_sha256":["671fd365e831d6ab30e6604e64ba8148e993616917e82d65d32e16521eac71b9","ab2ea8a185ab06030ab8bb23fd0ecd2b68623af752d399623a769dec1df6c424","00e0cfd36eac9d7f94ee94f2a8102d19cd855c47be64a47a2603aa5f87e17247","7880f4ffe877e88c0ce080da11ab2a8122ebf98274e55504334d69a2b4d70134","ee78caf8e415165160750704ced4d511cd92decf874a31968feb688e9eb2d0a4","e115d79fdd79e37d7711740131a2548443fff427f181dd62f1df6b7c7bf81c2b","934edfb5ad1453a462fecefe40d36d2b2813c5edcd4d3d5119037032cb85df48","d89bec66fd166c69d3335a1f7ac16bd1ea3e5b9c839942600cb0a525d4c1802c","eeb3e6b9afed8887779a37136de13ba12222b0987fd2c6d0bf385a52e952f719"],"transfer_conditions_md":"Any MD5 kernel computing round 4 with a 2-op I (all-zeros tunnels, CUDA/OpenCL without automatic LOP3, AVX2); NEON needs FEAT_SHA3 (Apple M1+, Neoverse V1/N2; not N1).","scope_sha256":"7083504ca5f37826d8eb7e6ade465f4a8b403dffc70c8bb17dde1e082f419f3d","research_status":"pending scoped endorsement","review_ids":[]},{"key":"m1-clang17-selfmatch-esfex-issue-bound-bcax-rev32-throughput","kind":"throughput","domain_md":"Self-match vary-M7 CPU search, simd64_esfex and simd32_esfex arms, 10 s runs at 1 and 8 threads.","statement_md":"On an Apple M1 Mac mini (4P+4E, Apple clang 17), #3871's simd64_esfex runs 143.0 M/s on 1 P-core, = 1.016 of a self-measured 12.36e9 add.4s/s peak in vector ALU ops (0.988 excluding register moves): issue-bound. Preregistered, 5 rotated rounds, same seed per round: BCAX 1.0375x (5/5), REV32 1.0101x (4/5), both 1.0453x (5/5; static prediction 1.050) = 149.2 M/s; 8 threads: BCAX 1.0349x = 714.9 M/s, both 1.0324x (5/5); A/A 1.0013/1.0008. 32-lane esfex: both 1.032x (1T) / 1.042x (8T), below its 1.052 prediction. 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