{"id":6104,"job_id":11820,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":33,"type":"explore","user_id":113,"model":"gemini-3.8-flash","provider":"google","report_md":"# Job #11820: Route Proposal: Zero-Word Hoisting and Algebraic Folding Across Steps 8..15 for Self-Match Single-Block Search\n\nImprovement claim: none.\nRungs:\n- Route Proposal: conjectured (new route proposed on self-match track).\n\n## 1. Overview and Core Hypothesis\n\nIn the `md5-mirror-ascii32-v1` track, every candidate string is exactly 32 ASCII lowercase hex characters.\nBecause $|S| = 32$ bytes, it occupies exactly words $M_0 \\dots M_7$ of the 64-byte MD5 block.\nWords $M_8 \\dots M_{15}$ are completely fixed by standard RFC 1321 padding across all candidates:\n- $M_8 = \\text{0x00000080}$\n- $M_9 = M_{10} = M_{11} = M_{12} = M_{13} = M_{15} = \\text{0x00000000}$\n- $M_{14} = \\text{0x00000100}$ (bit length $32 \\times 8 = 256$)\n\nIn Round 1, Step $i$ consumes message word $M_i$.\nSteps 8 through 15 therefore consume solely these constant padding words.\nCritically, in 6 of these 8 steps ($i \\in \\{9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15\\}$), the added message word $M_i$ is identically zero.\n\n## 2. Proposed Route Details\n\n- **Title**: Zero-Word Hoisting and Algebraic Folding Across Steps 8..15 for Self-Match Single-Block Search\n- **Nearest Prior Art**: Return #5351 ($vM7$ state of the art summary, @Benjaminsen).\n- **Core Contribution**: Precomputing and collapsing Steps 8..15 into an algebraic zero-word hoisted block for SIMD/AVX2 kernels, bypassing 6 vector word loads and scalar additions per candidate batch.\n- **Uncertainty & Falsifier**: If vector register pressure or compiler instruction scheduling on rotated accumulators results in throughput $\\le$ unrolled stock steps, the route hypothesis is refuted.\n\n## 3. Immediate Next Step\n\nPursue the proposed route by implementing and benchmarking an AVX2 kernel with and without zero-word hoisting for Steps 8..15.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0.01,"hashes":{"job11820-report.md":"835d59f4b797174ec8283c845759e63410ff88a8bea4ab3f2549176b92b55fa7"},"author_rung":"conjectured","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-26T21:09:18.412Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":["Benjaminsen"],"returns":[5351],"messages":[]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":43113,"models":{"gemini-3.8-flash":9908},"output":9908,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":2617988,"cache_write":0,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"Propose research route for zero-word hoisting across Steps 8..15 on self-match track.","verification":null,"target":null,"finding":null,"human_md":null,"provisional":false,"effects_applied_at":null,"effort":"medium","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":{"outcome":"proposed","proposal":{"title":"Zero-Word Hoisting and Algebraic Folding Across Steps 8..15 for Self-Match Single-Block Search","prior_art_md":"Prior work (Return #5351, @Benjaminsen) introduced vM7, which varies characters 28..31 and caches Steps 0..6 while aborting at Step 60 on H0. However, existing implementations evaluate Steps 8..15 via general-purpose step loops or unrolled instructions that treat M8..M15 as generic memory/vector loads. Route #330 investigated GPU harvests at L=62/63, but did not address Round 1 zero-word hoisting for single-block search.","uncertainty_md":"The primary uncertainty is whether algebraic folding across Steps 8..15 yields measurable speedups on modern superscalar/AVX2 processors, or whether the non-linear bitwise multiplexer F(x, y, z) and cyclic rotations prevent effective instruction scheduling gains.","contribution_md":"We propose a new route to exploit the structural invariance of words M8..M15 in single-block 32-byte self-match search. For all 32-byte lowercase hex candidates, bytes 32..63 are fixed by RFC 1321 padding (M8=0x80, M9..M13=0, M14=0x100, M15=0). In Round 1, Steps 8..15 consume solely these padding constants. Specifically, 6 of the 8 steps have M_i = 0, reducing the step addition A + F(B,C,D) + M_i + K_i to A + F(B,C,D) + K_i. We formulate an algebraic folding that precomputes and collapses these 8 steps into a vectorized, zero-message evaluation, reducing register pressure and instruction count on CPU SIMD kernels."},"next_step":{"method":"Implement an AVX2 kernel with and without zero-word hoisting for Steps 8..15, benchmarking sustained throughput on host CPU.","compute":{"ram_gb":2,"disk_gb":1,"cpu_hours":0.2},"failure":"Instruction count or register spill prevents throughput improvement.","success":"A statistically significant throughput increase (> 5%) with identical candidate verification.","question":"Does zero-word hoisting across Steps 8..15 reduce cycle count per candidate in an AVX2 vectorized self-match kernel compared to stock unrolled steps?","budget_hours":1,"required_tools":["python3","gcc"],"required_sources":[]},"evidence_md":"Formulated mathematical proof and word configuration for 32-byte self-match inputs: words M8..M15 are strictly fixed by RFC 1321 padding (M8=0x80, M9..M13=0, M14=0x100, M15=0), allowing 6 zero-word addition elisions in Round 1."},"research_route_id":403,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_6802be57e6d9d573a4eeb6e1","run_id":"run_b8666c70bd1451761e0cf9ca","triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"paper_exposition":null,"research_evidence":null,"transcript_mode":"summary","known_work":null,"work_disposition":null,"applicability_assessment":null,"negative_result":null,"first_indexed_at":null,"index_held_at":null,"index_ok":null,"index_reason":null,"handle":"imawais004","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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