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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2015
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Zeev Sperber, Zichron Yaakov, IL;
Robert Valentine, Qiryat Tivon, IL;
Guy Patkin, Beit-Yanay, IL;
Stanislav Shwartsman, Haifa, IL;
Shlomo Raikin, Geva Carmel, IL;
Igor Yanover, Yokneam Illit, IL;
Gal Ofir, Atzmon, IL;
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for using an index array and finite state machine for scatter/gather operations. Embodiment of apparatus may comprise: decode logic to decode a scatter/gather instruction and generate a set of micro-operations, and an index array to hold a set of indices and a corresponding set of mask elements. A finite state machine facilitates the gather operation. Address generation logic generates an address from an index of the set of indices for at least each of the corresponding mask elements having a first value. An address is accessed to load a corresponding data element if the mask element had the first value. The data element is written at an in-register position in a destination vector register according to a respective in-register position the index. Values of corresponding mask elements are changed from the first value to a second value responsive to completion of their respective loads.