Silica: Testing Every AArch64 Instruction Encoding
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I wanted to see what happens when you compare real AArch64 decoders across the entire 32-bit encoding space, so I built Silica. It checks all 4.3B encodings against Arm's spec, LLVM, Capstone, and Unicorn. I'm still digging through some of the stranger disagreements. https://github.com/Nathan-Lueva…
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- 2026-09-10 15:02 · DEV Community — AI
Silica: Testing Every AArch64 Instruction Encoding