Floating-point base 2 logarithm as integer
This instruction returns the signed integer base 2 logarithm of each floating-point input element |x| after normalization.
This is the unbiased exponent of x used in the representation of the floating-point value, such that, for positive x, x = significand × 2exponent.
The integer results are placed in elements of the destination vector that have the same width (esize) as the floating-point input elements:
Inactive elements in the destination vector register remain unmodified or are set to zero, depending on whether merging or zeroing predication is selected.
It has encodings from 2 classes: Merging and Zeroing
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if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SVE2) && !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SME) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; if size == '00' then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; let esize : integer{} = 8 << UInt(size); let g : integer = UInt(Pg); let n : integer = UInt(Zn); let d : integer = UInt(Zd); let merging : boolean = TRUE;
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if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SVE2p2) && !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SME2p2) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; if size == '00' then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; let esize : integer{} = 8 << UInt(size); let g : integer = UInt(Pg); let n : integer = UInt(Zn); let d : integer = UInt(Zd); let merging : boolean = FALSE;
| <Zd> |
Is the name of the destination scalable vector register, encoded in the "Zd" field. |
| <T> |
Is the size specifier,
encoded in
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| <Pg> |
Is the name of the governing scalable predicate register P0-P7, encoded in the "Pg" field. |
| <Zn> |
Is the name of the source scalable vector register, encoded in the "Zn" field. |
CheckSVEEnabled(); let VL : integer{} = CurrentVL(); let PL : integer{} = VL DIV 8; let elements : integer = VL DIV esize; let mask : bits(PL) = P{}(g); let operand : bits(VL) = if AnyActiveElement{PL}(mask, esize) then Z{VL}(n) else Zeros{VL}; var result : bits(VL) = if merging then Z{VL}(d) else Zeros{VL}; for e = 0 to elements-1 do if ActivePredicateElement{PL}(mask, e, esize) then let element : bits(esize) = operand[e*:esize]; result[e*:esize] = FPLogB{esize}(element, FPCR()); end; end; Z{VL}(d) = result;
For the "Merging" variant:
The merging variant of this instruction might be immediately preceded in program order by a MOVPRFX instruction. The MOVPRFX must conform to all of the following requirements, otherwise the behavior of the MOVPRFX and the merging variant of this instruction is CONSTRAINED UNPREDICTABLE:
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