VMOVMSKPS instruction (AVX)

Forms

Every encoding of VMOVMSKPS that Intel XED knows, one row per XED instruction form (iform). How to read the notation.

Instruction	Encoding	Requires
`VMOVMSKPS r32, xmm` VMOVMSKPS_GPR32d_XMMdq	`VEX.128.NP.0F.WIG 50 /r`	AVX
`VMOVMSKPS r32, ymm` VMOVMSKPS_GPR32d_YMMqq	`VEX.256.NP.0F.WIG 50 /r`	AVX

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.

To a mask: each single of the source sets one bit of r32, bit i for single i; the bits above them are cleared.

Every single works alike: 4 and 8 singles in the xmm and ymm forms.

Bit i of r32 comes from single i of xmm2. Result bits 3 to 0: r3, r2, r1, r0.

Operation

What the forms do, in pseudocode that our tests run against results recorded on real processors. How to read.

r = 0
for i in range(VL // 32):
    r |= (ymm2.sd[i] < 0) << i
dest.write(r)  # the other bits are cleared

Run on AMD Zen 5 (EPYC 9645): 2 cases.

Operands

What each form reads and writes, as Intel XED records it: the operands of its syntax, in order, and the implicit ones that the syntax does not name. How to read.

Operand	Kind	Action
`VMOVMSKPS r32, xmm` `VMOVMSKPS r32, ymm`
`r32`	explicit	write
`xmm, ymm`	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: avx-type-7

Intrinsics

The C intrinsics of Clang 23.1.2 that compile to VMOVMSKPS, 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_movemask_ps` `int _mm_movemask_ps(__m128 __a)`	`VMOVMSKPS r32, xmm` VEX.128 -mavxwith AVX enabled
`_mm_movepi32_mask` `__mmask8 _mm_movepi32_mask(__m128i __A)`	`VMOVMSKPS r32, xmm` VEX.128 -mavx512vl -mavx512dq
`_mm256_movemask_ps` `int _mm256_movemask_ps(__m256 __a)`	`VMOVMSKPS r32, ymm` VEX.256 -mavx
`_mm256_movepi32_mask` `__mmask8 _mm256_movepi32_mask(__m256i __A)`	`VMOVMSKPS r32, ymm` VEX.256 -mavx512vl -mavx512dq

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.

CPUID requirements and processors of the XED ISA sets above. Alternatives are separated by “or”; processors follow XED’s chip model, whose AMD processors end with Zen 2, and the CPU data of this site for Zen 3 to Zen 6.

ISA set	CPUID	Processors
`AVX` AVX	AVX `CPUID.01H:ECX[28]` AVX	Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, Haswell, Broadwell, Skylake, Comet Lake, Cannon Lake, Ice Lake (client), Tiger Lake, Alder Lake, Arrow Lake, Panther Lake, Nova Lake, Skylake-SP, Cascade Lake, Cooper Lake, Ice Lake (server), Sapphire Rapids, Emerald Rapids, Granite Rapids, Diamond Rapids, Sierra Forest, Clearwater Forest, Knights Landing, Knights Mill, Bulldozer, Piledriver, Zen, Zen+, Zen 2, Zen 3, Zen 4, Zen 5, Zen 6

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