INSTRUCTIONS TO CONVERT FROM FP16 TO BF8

    公开(公告)号:US20220206805A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-30

    申请号:US17134353

    申请日:2020-12-26

    Abstract: Techniques for converting FP16 data elements to BF8 data elements using a single instruction are described. An exemplary apparatus includes decoder circuitry to decode a single instruction, the single instruction to include a one or more fields to identify a source operand, one or more fields to identify a destination operand, and one or more fields for an opcode, the opcode to indicate that execution circuitry is to convert packed half-precision floating-point data from the identified source to packed bfloat8 data and store the packed bfloat8 data into corresponding data element positions of the identified destination operand; and execution circuitry to execute the decoded instruction according to the opcode to convert packed half-precision floating-point data from the identified source to packed bfloat8 data and store the packed bfloat8 data into corresponding data element positions.

    Apparatus and method for complex by complex conjugate multiplication

    公开(公告)号:US11256504B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-22

    申请号:US15721448

    申请日:2017-09-29

    Abstract: An apparatus and method for multiplying packed real and imaginary components of complex numbers are described. A processor embodiment includes: a decoder to decode a first instruction to generate a decoded instruction; a first source register to store a first plurality of packed real and imaginary data elements; a second source register to store a second plurality of packed real and imaginary data elements; and execution circuitry to execute the decoded instruction. The execution circuitry includes: multiplier circuitry to select real and imaginary data elements in the first source register and second source, multiply each selected imaginary data element in the first source register with a selected real data element in the second source register, and multiply each selected real data element in the first source register with a selected imaginary data element in the second source register to generate a plurality of imaginary products; adder circuitry to add a first subset of the plurality of imaginary products and subtract a second subset of the plurality of imaginary products to generate a first temporary result, and to add a third subset of the plurality of imaginary products and subtract a fourth subset of the plurality of imaginary products to generate a second temporary result; and accumulation circuitry to combine the first temporary result with first data from a destination register to generate a first final result, combine the second temporary result with second data from the destination register to generate a second final result, and store the first final result and second final result back in the destination register.

    Apparatus and method for complex multiplication

    公开(公告)号:US11169800B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-09

    申请号:US16657007

    申请日:2019-10-18

    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.

    Apparatus and method for performing dual signed and unsigned multiplication of packed data elements

    公开(公告)号:US10977039B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-13

    申请号:US16672203

    申请日:2019-11-01

    Abstract: An apparatus and method for performing dual concurrent multiplications of packed data elements. For example one embodiment of a processor comprises: a decoder to decode a first instruction to generate a decoded instruction; a first source register to store a first plurality of packed doubleword data elements; a second source register to store a second plurality of packed doubleword data elements; and execution circuitry to execute the decoded instruction, the execution circuitry comprising: multiplier circuitry to multiply a first doubleword data element from the first source register with a second doubleword data element from the second source register to generate a first quadword product and to concurrently multiply a third doubleword data element from the first source register with a fourth doubleword data element from the second source register to generate a second quadword product; and a destination register to store the first quadword product and the second quadword product as first and second packed quadword data elements.

    Systems, apparatuses and methods for dual complex by complex conjugate multiply of signed words

    公开(公告)号:US10664277B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-26

    申请号:US15721313

    申请日:2017-09-29

    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.

    Apparatus and method for complex multiplication

    公开(公告)号:US10452394B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-22

    申请号:US15824333

    申请日:2017-11-28

    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.

    Instructions to convert from FP16 to BF8

    公开(公告)号:US12135968B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-05

    申请号:US17134358

    申请日:2020-12-26

    Abstract: Techniques for converting FP16 to BF8 using bias are described. An exemplary embodiment utilizes decoder circuitry to decode a single instruction, the single instruction to include one or more fields to identify a first source operand, one or more fields to identify a second source operand, one or more fields to identify a source/destination operand, and one or more fields for an opcode, wherein the opcode is to indicate that execution circuitry is to convert packed half-precision data from the identified first and second sources to packed bfloat8 data using bias terms from the identified source/destination operand and store the packed bfloat8 data into corresponding data element positions of the identified source/destination operand; and execution circuitry to execute the decoded instruction according to the opcode to convert packed half-precision data from the identified first and second sources to packed bfloat8 data using bias terms from the identified source/destination operand and store the packed bfloat8 data into corresponding data element positions of the identified source/destination operand.

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