Instruction
VCVTTPH2IUBS
Converts packed half-precision values to unsigned bytes, truncating and saturating, each result in the low byte of a zeroed 16-bit element.
- Extensions
- Forms
- 6 (6 EVEX)
- Data
- Intel XED v2026.08.23
VCVTTPH2IUBS converts each half-precision value to an unsigned byte,
truncating toward zero, and saturates: 256 or more gives FFh, -1 or
less gives 0, and a NaN gives 0, each result in the low byte of its word
with the high byte cleared. Values between -1 and 0 truncate to 0 with
PE alone, and 255.9 gives 255; 256, -1, infinities and NaNs set IE. Its
opcode is 6Ah without a prefix in EVEX map 5, beside 68h for the signed
VCVTTPH2IBS, and the 512-bit register form takes
{sae}. VCVTPS2IBS describes the family, and
VCVTTPH2UW truncates halves to unsigned words.
A bfloat16 test in the helper
The specification’s helper function for this instruction tests the half for NaN and for 255 or more, but its test for zero or less names the source as a bfloat16 value, a slip from the bfloat16 helpers beside it. The description has the plain rule: anything too small gives 0.
In our builds
GCC 14 has no AVX10.2 option. Clang 23 with -mavx10.2 compiles
_mm512_ipcvtts_ph_epu8 to vcvttph2iubs zmm0, zmm0, and
_mm_ipcvtts_ph_epu8 to vcvttph2iubs xmm0, xmm0. No AVX10.2 processor
appears in this site’s recorded cases.
Forms
| Instruction | Encoding | Requires |
|---|---|---|
VCVTTPH2IUBS xmm {k}{z}, xmm
VCVTTPH2IUBS_XMMu8_MASKmskw_XMMf16_AVX512 | EVEX.128.NP.MAP5.W0 6A /r | AVX10.2 |
VCVTTPH2IUBS xmm {k}{z}, m128/m16bcst
VCVTTPH2IUBS_XMMu8_MASKmskw_MEMf16_AVX512 | EVEX.128.NP.MAP5.W0 6A /r | AVX10.2 |
VCVTTPH2IUBS ymm {k}{z}, ymm
VCVTTPH2IUBS_YMMu8_MASKmskw_YMMf16_AVX512 | EVEX.256.NP.MAP5.W0 6A /r | AVX10.2 |
VCVTTPH2IUBS ymm {k}{z}, m256/m16bcst
VCVTTPH2IUBS_YMMu8_MASKmskw_MEMf16_AVX512 | EVEX.256.NP.MAP5.W0 6A /r | AVX10.2 |
VCVTTPH2IUBS zmm {k}{z}, zmm, {sae}
VCVTTPH2IUBS_ZMMu8_MASKmskw_ZMMf16_AVX512 | EVEX.512.NP.MAP5.W0 6A /r | AVX10.2 |
VCVTTPH2IUBS zmm {k}{z}, m512/m16bcst
VCVTTPH2IUBS_ZMMu8_MASKmskw_MEMf16_AVX512 | EVEX.512.NP.MAP5.W0 6A /r | AVX10.2 |
Data flow
Where the elements of the sources go, element 0 on the right; results that depend on a control value are drawn for an example. How to read.
Every half works alike: 8, 16 and 32 halves in the xmm, ymm and zmm forms. The forms write under a mask: where its bit is 0, the element keeps its old value, or zeroes it with {z}. With m16bcst, one half from memory stands for every element of the last source.
Result half i comes from half i of xmm2. Result halves 7 to 0: r7, unchanged (bit 6 of k1 is 0), r5, r4, r3, r2, r1, r0.
Operation
What the forms do, in pseudocode that our tests run against results recorded on real processors. How to read.
for i in range(VL // 16):
if k1[i]:
a = src2.f16[i]
zmm1.w[i] = cvtts_uint(a, 8)
elif zeroing:
zmm1.w[i] = 0
# else: zmm1.w[i] keeps its value
# m16bcst: src2.f16[i] is the m16 for every i
# {sae}: no exception flags
# zmm1 is zeroed from bit VL upNot run on a processor: none of these processors has AVX10.2.
Operands
| Operand | Kind | Action |
|---|---|---|
VCVTTPH2IUBS xmm {k}{z}, xmm/m128/m16bcst VCVTTPH2IUBS ymm {k}{z}, ymm/m256/m16bcst VCVTTPH2IUBS zmm {k}{z}, zmm/m512/m16bcst, {sae} | ||
xmm, ymm, zmm | explicit | write (masked) |
{k} | explicit | read (write mask) |
xmm/m128/m16bcst, ymm/m256/m16bcst, zmm/m512/m16bcst | explicit | read |
Flags
None: XED records no flag that the forms test or change.
Exceptions
The exception class is XED's name for the set of exception conditions that a form follows. How to read.
- All forms
AVX512-E2
Attributes
What else XED records about the forms. How to read.
- All forms
- write masking; follows MXCSR
- Memory forms
- embedded broadcast (tuple Full); memory fault suppression
Intrinsics
The C intrinsics of Clang 23.1.2 that compile to VCVTTPH2IUBS, each with the form it compiles to and the Clang options it needs. The forms come from compiling every intrinsic and decoding the result with Intel XED; all intrinsics A–Z explains the method.
| Intrinsic | Compiles to |
|---|---|
_mm_ipcvtts_ph_epu8
__m128i _mm_ipcvtts_ph_epu8(__m128h A) |
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_mm_mask_ipcvtts_ph_epu8
__m128i _mm_mask_ipcvtts_ph_epu8(__m128i W, __mmask8 U, __m128h A) |
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_mm_maskz_ipcvtts_ph_epu8
__m128i _mm_maskz_ipcvtts_ph_epu8(__mmask8 U, __m128h A) |
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_mm256_ipcvtts_ph_epu8
__m256i _mm256_ipcvtts_ph_epu8(__m256h A) |
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_mm256_mask_ipcvtts_ph_epu8
__m256i _mm256_mask_ipcvtts_ph_epu8(__m256i W, __mmask16 U, __m256h A) |
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_mm256_maskz_ipcvtts_ph_epu8
__m256i _mm256_maskz_ipcvtts_ph_epu8(__mmask16 U, __m256h A) |
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_mm512_ipcvtts_ph_epu8
__m512i _mm512_ipcvtts_ph_epu8(__m512h A) |
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_mm512_ipcvtts_roundph_epu8
__m512i _mm512_ipcvtts_roundph_epu8(__m512h A, const int S) |
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_mm512_mask_ipcvtts_ph_epu8
__m512i _mm512_mask_ipcvtts_ph_epu8(__m512i W, __mmask32 U, __m512h A) |
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_mm512_mask_ipcvtts_roundph_epu8
__m512i _mm512_mask_ipcvtts_roundph_epu8(__m512i W, __mmask32 U, __m512h A, const int S) |
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_mm512_maskz_ipcvtts_ph_epu8
__m512i _mm512_maskz_ipcvtts_ph_epu8(__mmask32 U, __m512h A) |
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_mm512_maskz_ipcvtts_roundph_epu8
__m512i _mm512_maskz_ipcvtts_roundph_epu8(__mmask32 U, __m512h A, const int S) |
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CPUID and processors
Each form belongs to an XED ISA set. A form can be used when the processor reports every CPUID bit of one of its ISA set's alternatives.
| ISA set | CPUID | Processors |
|---|---|---|
AVX512_SAT_CVT_128 | AVX10.2 | Nova Lake, Diamond Rapids |
AVX512_SAT_CVT_256 | Same as AVX512_SAT_CVT_128 | Same as AVX512_SAT_CVT_128 |
AVX512_SAT_CVT_512 | Same as AVX512_SAT_CVT_128 | Same as AVX512_SAT_CVT_128 |
More AVX10.2 instructions
- VCVTBIASPH2BF8
- VCVTBIASPH2BF8S
- VCVTBIASPH2HF8
- VCVTBIASPH2HF8S
- VCVTHF82PH
- VCVTPH2BF8
- VCVTPH2BF8S
- VCVTPH2HF8
- VCVTPH2HF8S
- VCVTPH2IBS
- VCVTPH2IUBS
- VCVTPS2IBS
- VCVTPS2IUBS
- VCVTTBF162IBS
- VCVTTBF162IUBS
- VCVTTPD2DQS
- VCVTTPD2QQS
- VCVTTPD2UDQS
- VCVTTPD2UQQS
- VCVTTPH2IBS
- VCVTTPS2DQS
- VCVTTPS2IBS
- VCVTTPS2IUBS
- VCVTTPS2QQS
- VCVTTPS2UDQS
- VCVTTPS2UQQS
- VCVTTSD2SIS
- VCVTTSD2USIS
- VCVTTSS2SIS
- VCVTTSS2USIS
- VDIVBF16
- VDPPHPS
- VFMADD132BF16
- VFMADD213BF16
- VFMADD231BF16
- VFMSUB132BF16
- VFMSUB213BF16
- VFMSUB231BF16
- VFNMADD132BF16
- VFNMADD213BF16
Sources
- Intel XED v2026.08.23 (commit
0bcb6237345c): forms, encodings, operands, flags, exception classes, attributes, ISA sets, CPUID bits and chip model. - Clang's x86 intrinsic headers, LLVM 23.1.2 (commit
85ac56026243): the intrinsics, their signatures and doc comments, and the Clang of that release, which compiled each of them. - Intel Advanced Vector Extensions 10.2 Architecture Specification, revision 7.0 (361050-007, April 2026)
The tables are derived from Intel XED, Copyright Intel Corporation, licensed under the Apache License 2.0; x86-64.net converted and reformatted them. The intrinsics and their signatures come from Clang, part of the LLVM Project, licensed under the Apache License 2.0 with LLVM Exceptions. The text is our own.