Vector index instruction for generating a result vector with incremental values based on a start value and an increment value
US8793472B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 8, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 6, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3861
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The described embodiments include a processor that executes a vector instruction. The processor starts by receiving a start value and an increment value, and optionally receiving a predicate vector with N elements as inputs. The processor then executes the vector instruction. Executing the vector instruction causes the processor to generate a result vector. When generating the result vector, if the predicate vector is received, for each element in the result vector for which a corresponding element of the predicate vector is active, otherwise, for each element in the result vector, the processor sets the element in the result vector equal to the start value plus a product of the increment value multiplied by a specified number of elements to the left of the element in the result vector.
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