Improve Bazel config files

.bazelrc

@@ -33,17 +33,10 @@ build:macos --cxxopt=-std=c++17
 build:windows --copt=/std:c++17
 build:windows --cxxopt=/std:c++17
 
-build --copt=-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=1
-build --cxxopt=-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=1
-
 # The default for vector instruction sets is to exclude them.
 # Config options later in this file can be layered to enable them.
 build --build_tag_filters=-avx,-sse
 test --test_tag_filters=-avx,-sse
-# "bazel run" inherits options from "build". Our run targets don't have tags,
-# so we must clear the filter explicitly or we get "No targets found to run".
-run:sse --build_tag_filters=
-run:avx --build_tag_filters=
 
 # CUDA options
 build:cuda --@local_config_cuda//:enable_cuda
@@ -83,18 +76,35 @@ build:nosan --
 
 # ~~~~ Instruction set options (choose one) ~~~~
 
-# Build with AVX2 + FMA
+# Build with AVX
+build:avx --define=qsim_avx=true --define=cpu_features=AVX
 build:avx --copt=-O3
-build:avx --copt=-mavx2
-build:avx --copt=-mfma
-build:avx --build_tag_filters=avx --ui_event_filters=-WARNING
-test:avx --test_tag_filters=avx --ui_event_filters=-WARNING
+build:avx --build_tag_filters=
+test:avx --test_tag_filters=
+
+# Build with AVX2
+build:avx2 --define=qsim_avx2=true --define=cpu_features=AVX2
+build:avx2 --copt=-O3
+build:avx2 --build_tag_filters=
+test:avx2 --test_tag_filters=
+
+# Build with AVX512
+build:avx512 --define=qsim_avx512=true --define=cpu_features=AVX512
+build:avx512 --copt=-O3
+build:avx512 --build_tag_filters=
+test:avx512 --test_tag_filters=
 
 # Build with SSE
+build:sse --define=qsim_sse=true --define=cpu_features=SSE
 build:sse --copt=-O3
-build:sse --copt=-msse4
-build:sse --build_tag_filters=sse --ui_event_filters=-WARNING
-test:sse --test_tag_filters=sse --ui_event_filters=-WARNING
+build:sse --build_tag_filters=
+test:sse --test_tag_filters=
+
+# Let the compiler pick the best combination for the native architecture.
+build:native --define=qsim_native=true --define=cpu_features=Native
+build:native --copt=-O3
+build:native --build_tag_filters=
+test:native --test_tag_filters=
 
 # Build without AVX or SSE
 build:basic --copt=-O3

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         # Hardware optimizers.
-        hardware_opt: [avx, sse, basic]
+        hardware_opt: [avx512, avx2, avx, sse, native, basic]
         # Optimizers for parallelism.
         parallel_opt: [openmp, nopenmp]
     steps:

BUILD

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+load("//dev_tools:bazel_utils.bzl", "qsim_print_flags", "qsim_select_copts")
+
+qsim_print_flags(
+    name = "show_flags",
+    flags = qsim_select_copts(target_level = "avx"),
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
+
+# Define configurations for build with AVX and/or SSE support.
+
+config_setting(
+    name = "avx_requested",
+    values = {"define": "qsim_avx=true"},
+)
+
+config_setting(
+    name = "avx2_requested",
+    values = {"define": "qsim_avx2=true"},
+)
+
+config_setting(
+    name = "avx512_requested",
+    values = {"define": "qsim_avx512=true"},
+)
+
+config_setting(
+    name = "avx_and_avx2_requested",
+    define_values = {
+        "qsim_avx": "true",
+        "qsim_avx2": "true",
+    },
+)
+
+config_setting(
+    name = "avx_and_avx512_requested",
+    define_values = {
+        "qsim_avx": "true",
+        "qsim_avx512": "true",
+    },
+)
+
+config_setting(
+    name = "avx512_and_avx2_requested",
+    define_values = {
+        "qsim_avx512": "true",
+        "qsim_avx2": "true",
+    },
+)
+
+config_setting(
+    name = "avx_all_requested",
+    define_values = {
+        "qsim_avx": "true",
+        "qsim_avx2": "true",
+        "qsim_avx512": "true",
+    },
+)
+
+config_setting(
+    name = "avx_and_sse_requested",
+    define_values = {
+        "qsim_avx": "true",
+        "qsim_sse": "true",
+    },
+)
+
+config_setting(
+    name = "sse_requested",
+    values = {"define": "qsim_sse=true"},
+)
+
+config_setting(
+    name = "native_requested",
+    values = {"define": "qsim_native=true"},
+)

apps/BUILD

@@ -14,18 +14,15 @@
 
 # TODO: remove reliance on getopt (unistd.h) to allow apps to run on Windows.
 
-load("@local_compiler_config//:compiler_config.bzl", "SUPPORTS_GSFRAME")
 load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_binary")
+load("//dev_tools:bazel_utils.bzl", "qsim_select_copts")
 
-gsframe_copts = select({
-    "@platforms//os:linux": ["-Wa,--gsframe=no"] if SUPPORTS_GSFRAME else [],
-    "//conditions:default": [],
-})
+qsim_copts = qsim_select_copts(target_level = "avx")
 
 cc_binary(
     name = "qsim_base",
     srcs = ["qsim_base.cc"],
-    copts = gsframe_copts,
+    copts = qsim_copts,
     data = ["//circuits:circuit_q24"],
     deps = [
         "//lib:run_qsim_lib",
@@ -35,7 +32,7 @@ cc_binary(
 cc_binary(
     name = "qsim_von_neumann",
     srcs = ["qsim_von_neumann.cc"],
-    copts = gsframe_copts,
+    copts = qsim_copts,
     deps = [
         "//lib:run_qsim_lib",
     ],
@@ -44,7 +41,7 @@ cc_binary(
 cc_binary(
     name = "qsim_amplitudes",
     srcs = ["qsim_amplitudes.cc"],
-    copts = gsframe_copts,
+    copts = qsim_copts,
     deps = [
         "//lib:bitstring",
         "//lib:run_qsim_lib",
@@ -54,7 +51,7 @@ cc_binary(
 cc_binary(
     name = "qsimh_base",
     srcs = ["qsimh_base.cc"],
-    copts = gsframe_copts,
+    copts = qsim_copts,
     deps = [
         "//lib:bitstring",
         "//lib:run_qsimh_lib",
@@ -64,7 +61,7 @@ cc_binary(
 cc_binary(
     name = "qsimh_amplitudes",
     srcs = ["qsimh_amplitudes.cc"],
-    copts = gsframe_copts,
+    copts = qsim_copts,
     deps = [
         "//lib:bitstring",
         "//lib:run_qsimh_lib",

dev_tools/BUILD

@@ -1 +1,17 @@
-# Empty BUILD file to make dev_tools a package.
+# Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+load(":compiler_probe_test.bzl", "compiler_probe_test_suite")
+
+compiler_probe_test_suite(name = "compiler_probe_tests")