Abstract: An apparatus and method for performing dual concurrent multiplications of packed data elements.

Abstract: Embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods for dual complex number by complex conjugate multiplication in a processor are described. For example, execution circuitry executes a decoded instruction to multiplex data values from a plurality of packed data element positions in the first and second packed data source operands to at least one multiplier circuit, the first and second packed data source operands including a plurality of pairs complex numbers, each pair of complex numbers including data values at shared packed data element positions in the first and second packed data source operands; calculate a real part and an imaginary part of a product of a first complex number and a complex conjugate of a second complex number; and store the real result to a first packed data element position in the destination operand and store the imaginary result to a second packed data element position in the destination operand.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for performing signed multiplication of packed signed/unsigned doublewords and accumulation with a quadword.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for performing a reciprocal square root. For example one embodiment of a processor comprises: a decoder to decode a reciprocal square root instruction to generate a decoded reciprocal square root instruction; a source register to store at least one packed input data element; a destination register to store a result data element; and reciprocal square root execution circuitry to execute the decoded reciprocal square root instruction, the reciprocal square root execution circuitry to use a first portion of the packed input data element as an index to a data structure containing a plurality of sets of coefficients to identify a first set of coefficients from the plurality of sets, the reciprocal square root execution circuitry to generate a reciprocal square root of the packed input data element using a combination of the coefficients and a second portion of the packed input data element.

Abstract: Embodiments of instructions and methods of execution of said instructions and resources to execute said instructions are detailed. For example, in an embodiment, a processor comprising: decode circuitry to decode an instruction having fields for an opcode, a packed data source operand identifier, and a packed data destination operand identifier; and execution circuitry to execute the decoded instruction to convert a data element from a least significant packed data element position of the identified packed data source operand from a fixed-point representation to a floating point representation, store the floating point representation into a 32-bit least significant packed data element position of the identified packed data destination operand, and zero all remaining packed data elements of the identified packed data destination operand is described.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for tile-based gather and scatter operations. For example, one embodiment of a processor comprises: a destination tile register to store a 2-D arrangement of data elements; a first source tile register to store indices associated with the data elements; instruction fetch circuitry to fetch a tile gather instruction comprising operands identifying the first source tile register and the destination tile register; a decoder to decode the tile gather instruction; and execution circuitry to determine a plurality of system memory addresses based on the indices from the first source tile register and to load the data elements from the system memory addresses to the destination tile register.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing array of structures (AoS) and structure of arrays (SoA) data. For example, one embodiment of a processor comprises: a destination tile register to store data elements in a structure of arrays (SoA) format; a first source tile register to store indices associated with the data elements; instruction fetch circuitry to fetch an array of structures (AoS) gather instruction comprising operands identifying the first source tile register and the destination tile register; a decoder to decode the AoS gather instruction; and execution circuitry to determine a plurality of system memory addresses based on the indices from the first source tile register, to read data elements from the system memory addresses in an AoS format, and to load the data elements to the destination tile register in an SoA format.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for multiplying packed real and imaginary components of complex numbers. A method comprises: multiplying selected imaginary and real data elements in a first and second source registers to generate a plurality of imaginary products; adding a first subset of the plurality of imaginary products to generate a first temporary result and adding a second subset of the plurality of imaginary products to generate a second temporary result; negating the first temporary result to generate a third temporary result and the second temporary result to generate a fourth temporary result; accumulating the third temporary result with first data to generate a first final result and accumulating the fourth temporary result with second data to generate a second final result; and storing the first final result and second final.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for performing dual concurrent multiplications of packed data elements.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for performing signed multiplication of packed signed doublewords and accumulation with a signed quadword.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for performing addition of signed packed data values using rotation and halving.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for performing right-shifting operations on packed quadword data.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention is a processor including execution circuitry to calculate, in response to a decoded instruction, a result of a complex multiply-accumulate of a first complex number, a second complex number, and a third complex number. The calculation includes a first operation to calculate a first term of a real component of the result and a first term of the imaginary component of the result. The calculation also includes a second operation to calculate a second term of the real component of the result and a second term of the imaginary component of the result. The processor also includes a decoder to decode an instruction to generate the decoded instruction and a first source register, a second source register, and a source and destination register to provide the first complex number, the second complex number, and the third complex number, respectively.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for performing right-shifting operations on packed quadword data.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention is a processor including execution circuitry to calculate, in response to a decoded instruction, a result of a complex multiplication of a first complex number and a second complex number. The calculation includes a first operation to calculate a first term of a real component of the result and a first term of the imaginary component of the result. The calculation also includes a second operation to calculate a second term of the real component of the result and a second term of the imaginary component of the result. The processor also includes a decoder, a first source register, and a second source register. The decoder is to decode an instruction to generate the decoded instruction. The first source register is to provide the first complex number and the second source register is to provide the second complex number.

Abstract: A vector friendly instruction format and execution thereof. According to one embodiment of the invention, a processor is configured to execute an instruction set. The instruction set includes a vector friendly instruction format. The vector friendly instruction format has a plurality of fields including a base operation field, a modifier field, an augmentation operation field, and a data element width field, wherein the first instruction format supports different versions of base operations and different augmentation operations through placement of different values in the base operation field, the modifier field, the alpha field, the beta field, and the data element width field, and wherein only one of the different values may be placed in each of the base operation field, the modifier field, the alpha field, the beta field, and the data element width field on each occurrence of an instruction in the first instruction format in instruction streams.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for performing multiply-accumulate operations.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for performing a reciprocal. For example one embodiment of a processor comprises: a decoder to decode a reciprocal instruction to generate a decoded reciprocal instruction; a source register to store at least one packed input data element; a destination register to store a result data element; and reciprocal execution circuitry to execute the decoded reciprocal instruction, the reciprocal execution circuitry to use a first portion of the packed input data element as an index to a data structure containing a plurality of sets of coefficients to identify a first set of coefficients from the plurality of sets, the reciprocal execution circuitry to generate a reciprocal of the packed input data element using a combination of the coefficients and a second portion of the packed input data element.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for performing multiplication, summation, negation, sign extension, and accumulation with packed bytes.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for performing signed multiplication of packed signed doublewords and accumulation with a signed quadword.