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MAD

Multiply-add to multiplicand (predicated)

This instruction multiplies the corresponding active elements of the first and second source vectors and adds the result to elements of the third (addend) vector. The results are destructively placed in the destination and first source (multiplicand) vector. Inactive elements in the destination vector register remain unmodified.

SVE class

(FEAT_SVE || FEAT_SME)

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00000100size0Zm110PgZaZdn
op

Encoding

MAD <Zdn>.<T>, <Pg>/M, <Zm>.<T>, <Za>.<T>

Decode

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SVE) && !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SME) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); constant integer esize = 8 << UInt(size); constant integer g = UInt(Pg); constant integer dn = UInt(Zdn); constant integer m = UInt(Zm); constant integer a = UInt(Za); constant boolean sub_op = FALSE;

Assembler Symbols

<Zdn>

Is the name of the first source and destination scalable vector register, encoded in the "Zdn" field.

<T>

Is the size specifier, encoded in size:

size <T>
00 B
01 H
10 S
11 D
<Pg>

Is the name of the governing scalable predicate register P0-P7, encoded in the "Pg" field.

<Zm>

Is the name of the second source scalable vector register, encoded in the "Zm" field.

<Za>

Is the name of the third source scalable vector register, encoded in the "Za" field.

Operation

CheckSVEEnabled(); constant integer VL = CurrentVL; constant integer PL = VL DIV 8; constant integer elements = VL DIV esize; constant bits(PL) mask = P[g, PL]; constant bits(VL) operand1 = Z[dn, VL]; constant bits(VL) operand2 = if AnyActiveElement(mask, esize) then Z[m, VL] else Zeros(VL); constant bits(VL) operand3 = if AnyActiveElement(mask, esize) then Z[a, VL] else Zeros(VL); bits(VL) result; for e = 0 to elements-1 if ActivePredicateElement(mask, e, esize) then constant integer element1 = UInt(Elem[operand1, e, esize]); constant integer element2 = UInt(Elem[operand2, e, esize]); constant integer product = element1 * element2; if sub_op then Elem[result, e, esize] = Elem[operand3, e, esize] - product; else Elem[result, e, esize] = Elem[operand3, e, esize] + product; else Elem[result, e, esize] = Elem[operand1, e, esize]; Z[dn, VL] = result;

Operational information

This instruction is a data-independent-time instruction as described in About PSTATE.DIT.

This instruction might be immediately preceded in program order by a MOVPRFX instruction. The MOVPRFX must conform to all of the following requirements, otherwise the behavior of the MOVPRFX and this instruction is CONSTRAINED UNPREDICTABLE:


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