ZIP1, ZIP2 (vectors)

Interleave elements from two half vectors

This instruction interleaves alternating elements from the lowest or highest halves of the first and second source vectors, and places the values in the destination vector. This instruction is unpredicated.

The 128-bit element variant requires that the Effective SVE vector length is at least 256 bits. ID_AA64ZFR0_EL1.F64MM indicates whether the 128-bit element variant is implemented. The 128-bit element variant is illegal when executed in Streaming SVE mode, unless FEAT_SME_FA64 is implemented and enabled.

It has encodings from 4 classes: High halves , High halves (quadwords) , Low halves and Low halves (quadwords)

High halves
(FEAT_SVE || FEAT_SME)

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
00000101size1Zm011001ZnZd
H

Encoding

ZIP2 <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 part : integer = 1;

High halves (quadwords)
(FEAT_F64MM)

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
00000101101Zm000001ZnZd
opcH

Encoding

ZIP2 <Zd>.Q, <Zn>.Q, <Zm>.Q

Decode for this encoding

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_F64MM) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; let esize : integer{} = 128; let n : integer = UInt(Zn); let m : integer = UInt(Zm); let d : integer = UInt(Zd); let part : integer = 1;

Low halves
(FEAT_SVE || FEAT_SME)

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
00000101size1Zm011000ZnZd
H

Encoding

ZIP1 <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 part : integer = 0;

Low halves (quadwords)
(FEAT_F64MM)

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
00000101101Zm000000ZnZd
opcH

Encoding

ZIP1 <Zd>.Q, <Zn>.Q, <Zm>.Q

Decode for this encoding

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_F64MM) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; let esize : integer{} = 128; let n : integer = UInt(Zn); let m : integer = UInt(Zm); let d : integer = UInt(Zd); let part : integer = 0;

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

if esize < 128 then CheckSVEEnabled(); else CheckNonStreamingSVEEnabled(); end; let VL : integer{} = CurrentVL(); if VL < esize * 2 then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; let pairs : integer = VL DIV (esize * 2); let operand1 : bits(VL) = Z{}(n); let operand2 : bits(VL) = Z{}(m); var result : bits(VL) = Zeros{}; let base : integer = part * pairs; for p = 0 to pairs-1 do result[(2*p+0)*:esize] = operand1[(base+p)*:esize]; result[(2*p+1)*:esize] = operand2[(base+p)*:esize]; end; Z{VL}(d) = result;

Operational information

This instruction is a data-independent-time instruction as described in About PSTATE.DIT.


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