8-bit floating-point convert to BFloat16
This instruction converts each even-numbered 8-bit floating-point element of the source vector to BFloat16 while downscaling the value, and places the results in the overlapping 16-bit elements of the destination vector. BF1CVT scales the values by 2-UInt(FPMR.LSCALE[5:0]). BF2CVT scales the values by 2-UInt(FPMR.LSCALE2[5:0]).
The 8-bit floating-point encoding format for BF1CVT is selected by FPMR.F8S1. The 8-bit floating-point encoding format for BF2CVT is selected by FPMR.F8S2.
This instruction is unpredicated.
It has encodings from 2 classes: BF1CVT and BF2CVT
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| 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Zn | Zd | ||||||||
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if ((!IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SVE2) && !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SME2)) || !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FP8)) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; let esize : integer{} = 16; let n : integer = UInt(Zn); let d : integer = UInt(Zd); let s_esize : integer{} = 8; let d_esize : integer{} = 16; let issrc2 : boolean = FALSE;
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| 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Zn | Zd | ||||||||
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if ((!IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SVE2) && !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SME2)) || !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FP8)) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; let esize : integer{} = 16; let n : integer = UInt(Zn); let d : integer = UInt(Zd); let s_esize : integer{} = 8; let d_esize : integer{} = 16; let issrc2 : boolean = TRUE;
| <Zd> |
Is the name of the destination scalable vector register, encoded in the "Zd" field. |
| <Zn> |
Is the name of the source scalable vector register, encoded in the "Zn" field. |
CheckFPMREnabled(); if IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SME2) then CheckSVEEnabled(); else CheckNonStreamingSVEEnabled(); end; let VL : integer{} = CurrentVL(); let elements : integer = VL DIV esize; let operand : bits(VL) = Z{}(n); var result : bits(VL); for e = 0 to elements-1 do let element : bits(esize) = operand[e*:esize]; let res : bits(d_esize) = FP8ConvertBF(element[s_esize-1:0], issrc2, FPCR(), FPMR()); result[e*:esize] = ZeroExtend{esize}(res); end; Z{VL}(d) = result;
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