UQSUB (vectors, unpredicated)

Unsigned saturating subtract (unpredicated)

This instruction performs an unsigned saturating subtraction of all elements of the second source vector from the corresponding elements of the first source vector, and places the results in the corresponding elements of the destination vector. Each result element is saturated to the N-bit element's unsigned integer range 0 to (2N)-1. This instruction is unpredicated.

SVE
(FEAT_SVE || FEAT_SME)

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
00000100size1Zm000111ZnZd
U

Encoding

UQSUB <Zd>.<T>, <Zn>.<T>, <Zm>.<T>

Decode for this encoding

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SVE) && !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 d : integer = UInt(Zd); let unsigned : boolean = TRUE;

Assembler Symbols

<Zd>

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

<T>

Is the size specifier, encoded in size:

size <T>
00 B
01 H
10 S
11 D
<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

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); for e = 0 to elements-1 do let op1elt : bits(esize) = operand1[e*:esize]; let op2elt : bits(esize) = operand2[e*:esize]; if unsigned then let element1 : integer = UInt(op1elt); let element2 : integer = UInt(op2elt); (result[e*:esize], -) = UnsignedSatQ{esize}(element1 - element2); else let element1 : integer = SInt(op1elt); let element2 : integer = SInt(op2elt); (result[e*:esize], -) = SignedSatQ{esize}(element1 - element2); end; end; Z{VL}(d) = result;


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