BFSCALE (multiple and single vector)

Multi-vector BFloat16 adjust exponent by vector

This instruction multiplies the BFloat16 elements of the two or four first source vectors by 2.0 to the power of the signed integer values in the corresponding elements of the second source vector and destructively places the results in the corresponding elements of the two or four first source vectors.

This instruction follows SME2 non-widening BFloat16 numerical behaviors corresponding to instructions that place their results in two or four SVE Z vectors.

This instruction is unpredicated.

It has encodings from 2 classes: Two registers and Four registers

Two registers
(FEAT_SME2 && FEAT_SVE_BFSCALE)

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
110000010010Zm10100001100Zdn0
sizeop

Encoding

BFSCALE { <Zdn1>.H-<Zdn2>.H }, { <Zdn1>.H-<Zdn2>.H }, <Zm>.H

Decode for this encoding

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SME2) || !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SVE_BFSCALE) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; let dn : integer = UInt(Zdn::'0'); let m : integer = UInt('0'::Zm); let nreg : integer{} = 2;

Four registers
(FEAT_SME2 && FEAT_SVE_BFSCALE)

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
110000010010Zm10101001100Zdn00
sizeop

Encoding

BFSCALE { <Zdn1>.H-<Zdn4>.H }, { <Zdn1>.H-<Zdn4>.H }, <Zm>.H

Decode for this encoding

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SME2) || !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SVE_BFSCALE) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; let dn : integer = UInt(Zdn::'00'); let m : integer = UInt('0'::Zm); let nreg : integer{} = 4;

Assembler Symbols

<Zdn1>

For the "Two registers" variant: is the name of the first scalable vector register of the destination and first source multi-vector group, encoded as "Zdn" times 2.

For the "Four registers" variant: is the name of the first scalable vector register of the destination and first source multi-vector group, encoded as "Zdn" times 4.

<Zdn2>

Is the name of the second scalable vector register of the destination and first source multi-vector group, encoded as "Zdn" times 2 plus 1.

<Zm>

Is the name of the second source scalable vector register Z0-Z15, encoded in the "Zm" field.

<Zdn4>

Is the name of the fourth scalable vector register of the destination and first source multi-vector group, encoded as "Zdn" times 4 plus 3.

Operation

CheckStreamingSVEEnabled(); let VL : integer{} = CurrentVL(); let elements : integer = VL DIV 16; var results : array [[4]] of bits(VL); for r = 0 to nreg-1 do let operand1 : bits(VL) = Z{}(dn+r); let operand2 : bits(VL) = Z{}(m); for e = 0 to elements-1 do let element1 : bits(16) = operand1[e*:16]; let element2 : integer = SInt(operand2[e*:16]); results[[r]][e*:16] = BFScale(element1, element2, FPCR()); end; end; for r = 0 to nreg-1 do Z{VL}(dn+r) = results[[r]]; end;


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