Signed absolute difference and accumulate
This instruction calculates the absolute difference between signed integer values in elements of the first source vector and the corresponding elements of the second source vector, and adds the difference to the corresponding elements of the destination vector. This instruction is unpredicated.
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if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SVE2) && !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SME) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; let esize : integer{} = 8 << UInt(size); let n : integer = UInt(Zn); let m : integer = UInt(Zm); let da : integer = UInt(Zda); let unsigned : boolean = FALSE;
| <Zda> |
Is the name of the third source and destination scalable vector register, encoded in the "Zda" field. |
| <T> |
Is the size specifier,
encoded in
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| <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. |
CheckSVEEnabled(); let VL : integer{} = CurrentVL(); let elements : integer = VL DIV esize; let operand1 : bits(VL) = Z{}(n); let operand2 : bits(VL) = Z{}(m); var result : bits(VL) = Z{}(da); for e = 0 to elements-1 do let op1elt : bits(esize) = operand1[e*:esize]; let op2elt : bits(esize) = operand2[e*:esize]; let element1 : integer = if unsigned then UInt(op1elt) else SInt(op1elt); let element2 : integer = if unsigned then UInt(op2elt) else SInt(op2elt); let absdiff : bits(esize) = Abs(element1 - element2)[esize-1:0]; result[e*:esize] = result[e*:esize] + absdiff; end; Z{VL}(da) = result;
This instruction is a data-independent-time instruction as described in About PSTATE.DIT.
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 this instruction is CONSTRAINED UNPREDICTABLE:
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