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*: huge refactor, add many new x86 intrinsics and the like ALSO!! now intrinsics are enabled at runtime, depending on what is detected. altivec *should* still work but I only tested compiling it. the major version has been updated to 2.0 for this...
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1 vec - a tiny SIMD vector header-only library written in C99
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3 it comes with an extremely basic API that is similar to other intrinsics
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4 libraries; each type is in the exact same format:
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6 v[sign][bits]x[size]
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7 where `sign' is either nothing (for signed) or `u' (for unsigned),
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8 `bits' is the bit size of the integer format,
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9 and `size' is the how many integers are in the vector
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11 vec provides types for 64-bit, 128-bit, 256-bit, and 512-bit SIMD intrinsics
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12 on processors where vec has an implementation and falls back to array-based
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13 implementations where they are not.
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15 all of these have many operations that are prefixed with the name of the
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16 type and an underscore, for example:
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18 vint8x16 vint8x16_splat(uint8_t x)
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19 - creates a vint8x16 where all of the values are filled
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20 with the value of `x'
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22 the current supported operations are:
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24 v[u]intAxB splat([u]intA_t x)
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25 creates a vector with all of the values are filled with
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26 the value of `x'
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28 v[u]intAxB load(const [u]intA_t x[B])
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29 copies the values from the memory address stored at `x';
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30 the address is NOT required to be aligned
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32 void store(v[u]intAxB vec, [u]intA_t x[B])
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33 copies the values from the vector into the memory address
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34 stored at `x'
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36 like with load(), this does not require address alignment
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38 v[u]intAxB add(v[u]intAxB vec1, v[u]intAxB vec2)
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39 adds the value of `vec1' and `vec2' and returns it
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41 v[u]intAxB sub(v[u]intAxB vec1, v[u]intAxB vec2)
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42 subtracts the value of `vec2' from `vec1' and returns it
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44 v[u]intAxB mul(v[u]intAxB vec1, v[u]intAxB vec2)
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45 multiplies the values of `vec1' and `vec2' together and
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46 returns it
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48 v[u]intAxB div(v[u]intAxB vec1, v[u]intAxB vec2)
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49 divides vec1 by the values in vec2. dividing by zero is
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50 considered defined behavior and should result in a zero;
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51 if this doesn't happen it's considered a bug
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53 v[u]intAxB and(v[u]intAxB vec1, v[u]intAxB vec2)
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54 bitwise AND (&) of the values in both vectors
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56 v[u]intAxB or(v[u]intAxB vec1, v[u]intAxB vec2)
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57 bitwise OR (|) of the values in both vectors
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59 v[u]intAxB xor(v[u]intAxB vec1, v[u]intAxB vec2)
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60 bitwise XOR (^) of the values in both vectors
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62 v[u]intAxB rshift(v[u]intAxB vec1, vuintAxB vec2)
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63 arithmetic right shift of the values in vec1 by
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64 the corresponding values in vec2
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66 v[u]intAxB lshift(v[u]intAxB vec1, vuintAxB vec2)
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67 arithmetic left shift of the values in vec1 by
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68 the corresponding values in vec2
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70 v[u]intAxB lrshift(v[u]intAxB vec1, vuintAxB vec2)
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71 logical right shift of the values in vec1 by
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72 the corresponding values in vec2
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74 v[u]intAxB avg(v[u]intAxB vec1, v[u]intAxB vec2)
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75 returns the average of the values in both vectors
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76 i.e., div(mul(vec1, vec2), splat(2))
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78 there are also a number of comparisons possible:
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80 v[u]intAxB cmplt(v[u]intAxB vec1, v[u]intAxB vec2)
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81 turns on all bits of the corresponding value in
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82 the result vector if the value in `vec1' is less
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83 than the corresponding value in `vec2', else all
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84 of the bits are turned off.
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86 v[u]intAxB cmpgt(v[u]intAxB vec1, v[u]intAxB vec2)
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87 turns on all bits of the corresponding value in
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88 the result vector if the value in `vec1' is greater
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89 than the corresponding value in `vec2', else all
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90 of the bits are turned off.
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92 v[u]intAxB cmpeq(v[u]intAxB vec1, v[u]intAxB vec2)
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93 turns on all bits of the corresponding value in
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94 the result vector if the value in `vec1' are equal
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95 to the corresponding value in `vec2', else all
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96 of the bits are turned off.
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98 v[u]intAxB cmple(v[u]intAxB vec1, v[u]intAxB vec2)
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99 turns on all bits of the corresponding value in
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100 the result vector if the value in `vec1' is less
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101 than or equal to the corresponding value in `vec2',
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102 else all of the bits are turned off.
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104 v[u]intAxB cmpge(v[u]intAxB vec1, v[u]intAxB vec2)
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105 turns on all bits of the corresponding value in
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106 the result vector if the value in `vec1' is greater
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107 than or equal to the corresponding value in `vec2',
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108 else all of the bits are turned off.
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110 to initialize vec, you MUST call `vec_init()' when your programs starts up.
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112 note that `vec_init()' is NOT thread-safe, and things can and will
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113 blow up if you call it simultaneously from different threads (i.e. you
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114 try to only initialize it when you need to... please just initialize
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115 it on startup so you don't have to worry about that!!!)