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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Michael Karl Gschwind, Chappaqua, NY (US);
William J. Schmidt, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for managing vector element ordering. One technique includes setting one or more control bits that determine a vector element ordering and a vector element numbering, where the one or more control bits are stored in a machine status register or in a page table entry. The vector element ordering includes one of a big-endian mode and a little-endian mode, and the vector element numbering includes one of a big-endian mode and a little-endian mode. The technique includes reading the one or more control bits to determine a big-endian or a little-endian mode for the vector element ordering and for the vector element numbering. The technique also includes performing a vector operation in the determined mode for the vector element ordering and the determined mode for the vector element numbering.