avx-512 are 512-bit extensions to the 256-bit advanced vector extensions simd instructions for x86 instruction set architecture (isa) proposed by intel in july 2013, and implemented in intel's xeon phi x200 (knights landing) and skylake-x cpus; this includes the core-x series (excluding the core i5-7640x and core i7-7740x), as well as the new xeon scalable processor family and xeon d-2100 embedded series.