What does the VPBROADCASTB instruction do?
What does the VPBROADCASTB instruction do?
The VPBROADCASTB instruction is a SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) instruction in x86 processors that broadcasts/replicates a single byte value to all elements across a vector register. For example, if you have a single byte value (8 bits), VPBROADCASTB will copy that byte value to all positions in the destination vector register. The exact number of copies depends on the size of the destination register (128-bit XMM, 256-bit YMM, or 512-bit ZMM). Example usage:
1 2 3 | VPBROADCASTB xmm1, al ; Broadcasts byte in AL to all 16 bytes in XMM1 VPBROADCASTB ymm1, al ; Broadcasts byte in AL to all 32 bytes in YMM1 VPBROADCASTB zmm1, al ; Broadcasts byte in ZMM1 to all 64 bytes in ZMM1 |
Below is a student's answer to a question about what a particular instruction does: The VPBROADCASTB instruction is a SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) instruction in x86 processors that broadcasts/replicates a single byte value to all elements across a vector register. For example, if you have a single byte value (8 bits), VPBROADCASTB will copy that byte value to all positions in the destination vector register. The exact number of copies depends on the size of the destination register (128-bit XMM, 256-bit YMM, or 512-bit ZMM). Example usage:
1 2 3 | VPBROADCASTB xmm1, al ; Broadcasts byte in AL to all 16 bytes in XMM1 VPBROADCASTB ymm1, al ; Broadcasts byte in AL to all 32 bytes in YMM1 VPBROADCASTB zmm1, al ; Broadcasts byte in ZMM1 to all 64 bytes in ZMM1 |
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 an AVX/AVX2 (Advanced Vector Extensions) instruction that broadcasts a single byte value to all elements of a destination vector register. It takes a single byte from either a memory location or the lowest byte of a register and copies that byte value to all byte positions in the destination vector register. For example: - If using a 128-bit destination register (XMM), the byte is copied to all 16 byte positions - If using a 256-bit destination register (YMM), the byte is copied to all 32 byte positions Basic syntax example:
1 | VPBROADCASTB ymm1, xmm2/m8 ; Broadcasts lowest byte to all 32 bytes in ymm1 |
Below is a student's answer to a question about what a particular instruction does: The VPBROADCASTB instruction is an AVX/AVX2 (Advanced Vector Extensions) instruction that broadcasts a single byte value to all elements of a destination vector register. It takes a single byte from either a memory location or the lowest byte of a register and copies that byte value to all byte positions in the destination vector register. For example: - If using a 128-bit destination register (XMM), the byte is copied to all 16 byte positions - If using a 256-bit destination register (YMM), the byte is copied to all 32 byte positions Basic syntax example:
1 | VPBROADCASTB ymm1, xmm2/m8 ; Broadcasts lowest byte to all 32 bytes in ymm1 |
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 an AVX/AVX2 (Advanced Vector Extensions) instruction that broadcasts/replicates a single byte value to all elements of a destination vector register. For example, it can: 1. Take a single byte value from memory or from the lowest byte of a register 2. Copy that byte value to all byte positions in the destination vector register So if you have a byte value of 0x42, VPBROADCASTB would fill the destination vector register with multiple copies of 0x42 like this: [0x42 0x42 0x42 0x42 0x42 0x42 0x42 0x42 ...] This instruction is useful for: - Setting up vector registers with a constant value - Replicating a scalar value for vector operations - Optimizing certain SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) algorithms The exact number of bytes replicated depends on the size of the destination register (128, 256 or 512 bits depending on the variant used).
Below is a student's answer to a question about what a particular instruction does: The VPBROADCASTB instruction is an AVX/AVX2 (Advanced Vector Extensions) instruction that broadcasts/replicates a single byte value to all elements of a destination vector register. For example, it can: 1. Take a single byte value from memory or from the lowest byte of a register 2. Copy that byte value to all byte positions in the destination vector register So if you have a byte value of 0x42, VPBROADCASTB would fill the destination vector register with multiple copies of 0x42 like this: [0x42 0x42 0x42 0x42 0x42 0x42 0x42 0x42 ...] This instruction is useful for: - Setting up vector registers with a constant value - Replicating a scalar value for vector operations - Optimizing certain SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) algorithms The exact number of bytes replicated depends on the size of the destination register (128, 256 or 512 bits depending on the variant used). Does the student's say something similar to "Load integer data from the source operand (the second operand) and broadcast to all elements of the destination operand (the first operand)."? If the answer is correct say "The student passes" otherwise "The student fails".
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 an AVX/AVX2 (Advanced Vector Extensions) instruction that broadcasts/replicates a single byte value to all elements of a destination vector register. It takes a single byte from a source (either memory or the lowest byte of a register) and copies that byte value to every byte position in the destination vector register. For example: - If using a 128-bit (XMM) destination register, the byte is copied to all 16 byte positions - If using a 256-bit (YMM) destination register, the byte is copied to all 32 byte positions Basic syntax example:
1 | VPBROADCASTB ymm1, xmm2/m8 ; Broadcasts lowest byte from xmm2 or memory to all bytes in ymm1 |
Below is a student's answer to a question about what a particular instruction does: The VPBROADCASTB instruction is an AVX/AVX2 (Advanced Vector Extensions) instruction that broadcasts/replicates a single byte value to all elements of a destination vector register. It takes a single byte from a source (either memory or the lowest byte of a register) and copies that byte value to every byte position in the destination vector register. For example: - If using a 128-bit (XMM) destination register, the byte is copied to all 16 byte positions - If using a 256-bit (YMM) destination register, the byte is copied to all 32 byte positions Basic syntax example:
1 | VPBROADCASTB ymm1, xmm2/m8 ; Broadcasts lowest byte from xmm2 or memory to all bytes in ymm1 |
The student's explanation does convey the idea of loading a single byte from the source operand and broadcasting it to all elements of the destination operand. The explanation specifies that the instruction takes a single byte from a source and copies that byte value to every byte position in the destination vector register. This aligns with the concept of broadcasting to all elements of the destination operand. Therefore, the student's answer is consistent with the statement provided. 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 an AVX/AVX2 (Advanced Vector Extensions) instruction that broadcasts/replicates a single byte value across all elements of a destination vector register. For example, if you have a single byte value in memory or in the lowest byte of a register, VPBROADCASTB will copy that byte value to all byte positions in the destination vector register (YMM or XMM). The instruction format is:
1 2 | VPBROADCASTB xmm1, xmm2/m8 ; Broadcast byte to 128-bit vector VPBROADCASTB ymm1, xmm2/m8 ; Broadcast byte to 256-bit vector |
Below is a student's answer to a question about what a particular instruction does: The VPBROADCASTB instruction is an AVX/AVX2 (Advanced Vector Extensions) instruction that broadcasts/replicates a single byte value across all elements of a destination vector register. For example, if you have a single byte value in memory or in the lowest byte of a register, VPBROADCASTB will copy that byte value to all byte positions in the destination vector register (YMM or XMM). The instruction format is:
1 2 | VPBROADCASTB xmm1, xmm2/m8 ; Broadcast byte to 128-bit vector VPBROADCASTB ymm1, xmm2/m8 ; Broadcast byte to 256-bit vector |
The student passes.
Testing if the previous output contains the string student passes
: True