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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2010
Kelvin Goveas, Austin, TX (US);
Edward Mclellan, Holliston, MA (US);
Steven Beigelmacher, Somerville, MA (US);
David Kroesche, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Clark, Austin, TX (US);
Kelvin Goveas, Austin, TX (US);
Edward McLellan, Holliston, MA (US);
Steven Beigelmacher, Somerville, MA (US);
David Kroesche, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Clark, Austin, TX (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of implementing a mask load or mask store instruction by a processor is provided. The method may include receiving the mask load or mask store instruction, a location of a memory operand and a location of corresponding mask bits associated with the memory operand, breaking the received memory operand into a plurality of sub-operands and executing the mask load or mask store instruction on each of the plurality of sub-operands using a fastpath operation or using microcode, wherein the respective mask load or mask store instruction loads or stores each of the plurality of sub-operands based upon the corresponding mask bits.