From 02afa8ec4079703d83040eff1d6f9d448bdea8c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 21:27:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] more notes about scalar reduction --- openpower/sv/svp64/appendix.mdwn | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/openpower/sv/svp64/appendix.mdwn b/openpower/sv/svp64/appendix.mdwn index 96f6021ec..c97688080 100644 --- a/openpower/sv/svp64/appendix.mdwn +++ b/openpower/sv/svp64/appendix.mdwn @@ -203,6 +203,11 @@ It would be better to use addition followed by one final subtract, or in the case of divide, to get better accuracy, to perform a multiply cascade followed by a final divide. +Note that single-operand or three-operand scalar-dest reduce is perfectly +well permitted: both still meet the qualifying characteristics that one +source operand can also be the destination, which allows the "accumulator" +to be identified. + ## Vector result reduce mode 1. limited to single predicated dual src operations (add RT, RA, RB). -- 2.30.2