Accelerate Bitmap Scanning with Neon and SVE Instructions on Arm servers
Introduction
Optimize bitmap scanning in databases with SVE and Neon on Arm servers
Build and manage a bit vector in C
Implement scalar bitmap scanning in C
Vectorized bitmap scanning with Neon and SVE
Benchmarking bitmap scanning across implementations
Applications and optimization best practices
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About this Learning Path

Skill level:  Introductory
Reading time:  20 min
Last updated:  13 Mar 2026
Skill level:
  Introductory
Reading time:
  20 min
Last updated:
  13 Mar 2026
Author:Pareena Verma, Arm
Arm IP:Neoverse
Tags: Performance and Architecture AWS Microsoft Azure Google Cloud Oracle Linux SVE Neon Runbook
Author:
  • Pareena Verma, Arm
Arm IP:
Neoverse
Tags:
Performance and Architecture AWS Microsoft Azure Google Cloud Oracle Linux SVE Neon Runbook

Who is this for?

This is an introductory topic for database developers, performance engineers, and anyone interested in optimizing data processing workloads on Arm-based cloud instances.

What will you learn?

Upon completion of this Learning Path, you will be able to:

  • Understand bitmap scanning operations in database systems
  • Implement bitmap scanning with scalar, Neon, and SVE instructions
  • Compare performance between different implementations
  • Measure performance improvements on Graviton4 instances

Prerequisites

Before starting, you will need the following:

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