What does the VPBROADCASTB instruction do?
What does the VPBROADCASTB instruction do?
The VPBROADCASTB instruction is used in x86 SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) programming, specifically in SSE and AVX instruction sets. Here's a detailed explanation: 1. Purpose: - Replicates a single byte from a source register or memory location - Broadcasts (copies) this byte to all elements of a vector register 2. Syntax:
1 | VPBROADCASTB dest, source |
1 2 3 | ; If xmm1 = [0x12] ; After VPBROADCASTB xmm2, xmm1 ; xmm2 = [0x12, 0x12, 0x12, 0x12, 0x12, 0x12, 0x12, 0x12, ...] |
Below is a student's answer to a question about what a particular instruction does: The VPBROADCASTB instruction is used in x86 SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) programming, specifically in SSE and AVX instruction sets. Here's a detailed explanation: 1. Purpose: - Replicates a single byte from a source register or memory location - Broadcasts (copies) this byte to all elements of a vector register 2. Syntax:
1 | VPBROADCASTB dest, source |
1 2 3 | ; If xmm1 = [0x12] ; After VPBROADCASTB xmm2, xmm1 ; xmm2 = [0x12, 0x12, 0x12, 0x12, 0x12, 0x12, 0x12, 0x12, ...] |
The student passes.
Testing if the previous output contains the string student passes
: True
What does the VPBROADCASTB instruction do?
What does the VPBROADCASTB instruction do?
The VPBROADCASTB instruction is part of the Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) instruction set. Here's a detailed explanation: 1. Purpose: - Broadcasts (replicates) a single byte value across all lanes of a vector register - Allows spreading a single byte value to multiple byte positions in a vector 2. Syntax:
1 | VPBROADCASTB dest, source |
1 2 | ; If source is 0x42, and destination is a 128-bit vector VPBROADCASTB xmm1, al ; xmm1 becomes [0x42, 0x42, 0x42, 0x42, ...] |
Below is a student's answer to a question about what a particular instruction does: The VPBROADCASTB instruction is part of the Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) instruction set. Here's a detailed explanation: 1. Purpose: - Broadcasts (replicates) a single byte value across all lanes of a vector register - Allows spreading a single byte value to multiple byte positions in a vector 2. Syntax:
1 | VPBROADCASTB dest, source |
1 2 | ; If source is 0x42, and destination is a 128-bit vector VPBROADCASTB xmm1, al ; xmm1 becomes [0x42, 0x42, 0x42, 0x42, ...] |
The student's explanation is consistent with the statement "Load integer data from the source operand (the second operand) and broadcast to all elements of the destination operand (the first operand)." The student correctly describes the VPBROADCASTB instruction as taking a single byte value from the source and replicating it across all lanes of the destination vector register. Therefore, the student passes.
Testing if the previous output contains the string student passes
: True
What does the VPBROADCASTB instruction do?
What does the VPBROADCASTB instruction do?
The VPBROADCASTB instruction is part of the Intel AVX (Advanced Vector Extensions) instruction set. Here's a detailed explanation: Purpose: - Broadcasts (replicates) a single byte value across all lanes of a vector register - Allows spreading a single byte value to multiple elements in a vector Syntax:
1 | VPBROADCASTB dest, src |
1 2 | ; Broadcast a byte from AL to all lanes of a 256-bit vector VPBROADCASTB ymm1, al ; ymm1 = [al, al, al, al, al, al, al, al, ...] |
Below is a student's answer to a question about what a particular instruction does: The VPBROADCASTB instruction is part of the Intel AVX (Advanced Vector Extensions) instruction set. Here's a detailed explanation: Purpose: - Broadcasts (replicates) a single byte value across all lanes of a vector register - Allows spreading a single byte value to multiple elements in a vector Syntax:
1 | VPBROADCASTB dest, src |
1 2 | ; Broadcast a byte from AL to all lanes of a 256-bit vector VPBROADCASTB ymm1, al ; ymm1 = [al, al, al, al, al, al, al, al, ...] |
The student's explanation is consistent with the statement "Load integer data from the source operand (the second operand) and broadcast to all elements of the destination operand (the first operand)." The VPBROADCASTB instruction indeed takes a single byte from the source operand and replicates it across all elements of the destination vector register. Therefore, the student passes.
Testing if the previous output contains the string student passes
: True
What does the VPBROADCASTB instruction do?
What does the VPBROADCASTB instruction do?
The VPBROADCASTB instruction is used in x86 SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) programming, specifically with Intel AVX (Advanced Vector Extensions) instruction sets. Here's a detailed explanation: 1. Purpose: - Broadcasts (replicates) a single byte from a source register or memory location - Copies the byte to all lanes of a vector register 2. Syntax:
1 | VPBROADCASTB dest, src |
1 2 3 | ; If source byte is 0x55 ; 128-bit result: [0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, ...] ; 256-bit result: [0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, ...] |
Below is a student's answer to a question about what a particular instruction does: The VPBROADCASTB instruction is used in x86 SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) programming, specifically with Intel AVX (Advanced Vector Extensions) instruction sets. Here's a detailed explanation: 1. Purpose: - Broadcasts (replicates) a single byte from a source register or memory location - Copies the byte to all lanes of a vector register 2. Syntax:
1 | VPBROADCASTB dest, src |
1 2 3 | ; If source byte is 0x55 ; 128-bit result: [0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, ...] ; 256-bit result: [0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, ...] |
The student passes.
Testing if the previous output contains the string student passes
: True
What does the VPBROADCASTB instruction do?
What does the VPBROADCASTB instruction do?
The VPBROADCASTB instruction is used in x86 vector instructions (specifically in SSE and AVX extensions) to broadcast a single byte value across all elements of a vector register. Here's a detailed explanation: 1. Syntax:
1 | VPBROADCASTB dest, source |
1 2 3 | ; If source byte is 0x55 ; 128-bit result: [0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, ...] ; 256-bit result: [0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, ...] |
Below is a student's answer to a question about what a particular instruction does: The VPBROADCASTB instruction is used in x86 vector instructions (specifically in SSE and AVX extensions) to broadcast a single byte value across all elements of a vector register. Here's a detailed explanation: 1. Syntax:
1 | VPBROADCASTB dest, source |
1 2 3 | ; If source byte is 0x55 ; 128-bit result: [0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, ...] ; 256-bit result: [0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, ...] |
The student fails. The student's explanation focuses on broadcasting a single byte value across all elements of a vector register, which is specific to the VPBROADCASTB instruction. The phrase "Load integer data from the source operand (the second operand) and broadcast to all elements of the destination operand (the first operand)" is more general and does not specify that it is a byte being broadcasted, nor does it mention the specific context of the VPBROADCASTB instruction.
Testing if the previous output contains the string student passes
: False