Strided loading of non-sequential memory locations by skipping memory locations between consecutive loads

    公开(公告)号:US10353708B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-16

    申请号:US15273916

    申请日:2016-09-23

    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for utilizing efficient vectorization techniques for operands in non-sequential memory locations are disclosed. A system includes a vector processing unit (VPU) and one or more memory devices. In response to determining that a plurality of vector operands are stored in non-sequential memory locations, the VPU performs a plurality of vector load operations to load the plurality of vector operands into a plurality of vector registers. Next, the VPU performs a shuffle operation to consolidate the plurality of vector operands from the plurality of vector registers into a single vector register. Then, the VPU performs a vector operation on the vector operands stored in the single vector register. The VPU can also perform a vector store operation by permuting and storing a plurality of vector operands in appropriate locations within multiple vector registers and then storing the vector registers to locations in memory using a mask.

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