diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index a313f7f..4837c62 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ pub use aarch64::encode_str;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")]
 mod aarch64;
 
+#[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
+mod x86_64;
+
+#[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
+pub use x86_64::encode_str;
+
 const BB: u8 = b'b'; // \x08
 const TT: u8 = b't'; // \x09
 const NN: u8 = b'n'; // \x0A
@@ -104,7 +110,7 @@ pub fn encode_str_fallback<S: AsRef<str>>(input: S) -> String {
     output
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "aarch64"))]
+#[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "aarch64"), not(target_arch = "x86_64")))]
 pub fn encode_str<S: AsRef<str>>(input: S) -> String {
     encode_str_fallback(input)
 }
diff --git a/src/x86_64.rs b/src/x86_64.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d466d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/x86_64.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+use std::arch::x86_64::*;
+use std::mem::transmute;
+
+use crate::{encode_str_inner, write_char_escape, CharEscape, ESCAPE, REVERSE_SOLIDUS};
+
+const CHUNK_SIZE: usize = 16;
+
+pub fn encode_str<S: AsRef<str>>(input: S) -> String {
+    let input_str = input.as_ref();
+    let mut output = Vec::with_capacity(input_str.len() + 2);
+    let bytes = input_str.as_bytes();
+    let len = bytes.len();
+    let writer = &mut output;
+    writer.push(b'"');
+
+    // Safety: SIMD instructions
+    unsafe {
+        let table_low = [
+            _mm_loadu_si128(ESCAPE[0..16].as_ptr() as *const __m128i),
+            _mm_loadu_si128(ESCAPE[16..32].as_ptr() as *const __m128i),
+            _mm_loadu_si128(ESCAPE[32..48].as_ptr() as *const __m128i),
+            _mm_loadu_si128(ESCAPE[48..64].as_ptr() as *const __m128i),
+        ];
+        // let ones = _mm_set1_epi8(1);
+
+        let mut start = 0;
+        while start + CHUNK_SIZE < len {
+            let next_chunk = start + CHUNK_SIZE;
+            let current_chunk_slice: &[u8] = &bytes[start..next_chunk];
+            let table_high = _mm_set1_epi8(b'\\' as i8);
+            let chunk = _mm_loadu_si128(current_chunk_slice.as_ptr() as *const __m128i);
+            let low_mask = table_lookup_sse42(chunk, table_low);
+            let high_mask = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(table_high,chunk);
+            // check every bits of mask is zero
+            if horizontal_add_u8_sse42(low_mask) == 0 && horizontal_add_u8_sse42(high_mask) == 0 {
+                writer.extend_from_slice(current_chunk_slice);
+                start = next_chunk;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+             // check every bits of mask is zero
+            //  if _mm_testz_si128(low_mask, ones) == 1 && _mm_testz_si128(high_mask, ones) == 1 {
+            //     writer.extend_from_slice(current_chunk_slice);
+            //     start = next_chunk;
+            //     continue;
+            // }
+
+            // Vector add the masks to get a single mask
+            // add low_mask and high_mask to get a single mask
+            let escape_table_mask = _mm_add_epi8(low_mask, high_mask);
+            let escape_table_mask_slice = transmute::<__m128i, [u8; 16]>(escape_table_mask);
+            for (index, value) in escape_table_mask_slice.into_iter().enumerate() {
+                if value == 0 {
+                    writer.push(bytes[start + index]);
+                } else if value == 255 {
+                    // value is in the high table mask, which means it's `\`
+                    writer.extend_from_slice(REVERSE_SOLIDUS);
+                } else {
+                    let char_escape =
+                        CharEscape::from_escape_table(value, current_chunk_slice[index]);
+                    write_char_escape(writer, char_escape);
+                }
+            }
+            start = next_chunk;
+        }
+        if start < len {
+            encode_str_inner(&bytes[start..], writer);
+        }
+    }
+
+    writer.push(b'"');
+    // Safety: the bytes are valid UTF-8
+    unsafe { String::from_utf8_unchecked(output) }
+}
+
+
+fn table_lookup_sse42(indices: __m128i, table: [__m128i; 4]) -> __m128i {
+    unsafe {
+        // Compute the lookup results for each 16-byte chunk
+        let lookup0 = _mm_shuffle_epi8(table[0], indices);
+        let lookup1 = _mm_shuffle_epi8(table[1], indices);
+        let lookup2 = _mm_shuffle_epi8(table[2], indices);
+        let lookup3 = _mm_shuffle_epi8(table[3], indices);
+
+        // Calculate masks to determine which lookup result to use
+        let cmp0 = _mm_cmplt_epi8(indices, _mm_set1_epi8(16));
+        let cmp1 = _mm_and_si128(_mm_cmplt_epi8(indices, _mm_set1_epi8(32)), _mm_cmpgt_epi8(indices, _mm_set1_epi8(15)));
+        let cmp2 = _mm_and_si128(_mm_cmplt_epi8(indices, _mm_set1_epi8(48)), _mm_cmpgt_epi8(indices, _mm_set1_epi8(31)));
+        let cmp3 = _mm_cmpgt_epi8(indices, _mm_set1_epi8(47));
+
+        // Blend the lookup results based on the masks
+        let result0 = _mm_blendv_epi8(_mm_setzero_si128(), lookup0, cmp0);
+        let result1 = _mm_blendv_epi8(result0, lookup1, cmp1);
+        let result2 = _mm_blendv_epi8(result1, lookup2, cmp2);
+        let final_result = _mm_blendv_epi8(result2, lookup3, cmp3);
+
+        final_result
+    }
+}
+
+fn horizontal_add_u8_sse42(vector: __m128i) -> u8 {
+    unsafe {
+        // Compute the sum of the absolute differences
+        let sum = _mm_sad_epu8(vector, _mm_setzero_si128());
+                
+        // Extract the sums from the resulting __m128i
+        let sum_array = std::mem::transmute::<__m128i, [u64; 2]>(sum);
+        let total_sum = sum_array[0] + sum_array[1];
+
+        // Cast the result to u8 (sum cannot exceed 255*16 = 4080)
+        total_sum as u8
+    }
+}
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