HISTSEG

Count matching elements in vector segments

This instruction compares each 8-bit byte element of the first source vector with all of the elements in the corresponding 128-bit segment of the second source vector and places the count of matching elements in the corresponding element of the destination vector. This instruction is unpredicated.

This instruction is illegal when executed in Streaming SVE mode, unless FEAT_SME_FA64 is implemented and enabled.

SVE2
(FEAT_SVE2)

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
01000101size1Zm101000ZnZd

Encoding

HISTSEG <Zd>.B, <Zn>.B, <Zm>.B

Decode for this encoding

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SVE2) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; if size != '00' then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; let esize : integer{} = 8; let d : integer = UInt(Zd); let n : integer = UInt(Zn); let m : integer = UInt(Zm);

Assembler Symbols

<Zd>

Is the name of the destination scalable vector register, encoded in the "Zd" field.

<Zn>

Is the name of the first source scalable vector register, encoded in the "Zn" field.

<Zm>

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

Operation

CheckNonStreamingSVEEnabled(); let VL : integer{} = CurrentVL(); let segments : integer = VL DIV 128; let eltspersegment : integer = 128 DIV esize; let operand1 : bits(VL) = Z{}(n); let operand2 : bits(VL) = Z{}(m); var result : bits(VL); for b = 0 to segments-1 do for s = 0 to eltspersegment-1 do var count : integer = 0; let e : integer = eltspersegment * b + s; let element1 : bits(esize) = operand1[e*:esize]; for i = 0 to eltspersegment-1 do let e2 : integer = eltspersegment * b + i; let element2 : bits(esize) = operand2[e2*:esize]; if element1 == element2 then count = count + 1; end; end; result[e*:esize] = count[esize-1:0]; end; end; Z{VL}(d) = result;


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