Re: Matmul in VVM

From	Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Newsgroups	comp.arch
Subject	Re: Matmul in VVM
Date	2026-05-27 10:57 -0400
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Stephen Fuld [2026-05-26 11:55:11] wrote:
> Yes.  That is what I thought.  This would be an exception to that in
> that you would have to fetch and put into the reservation stations,
> the eight instructions pointed to be the TT instruction.  It is those
> eight fetches out of the 64 executions of those instructions that led
> me to the (64-8)/64 = 7/8 reduction in the extra fetches that would
> otherwise be required.

Oh, I think I understand your proposal.  You want a kind of predication
but instead of being a "predication-style `if`" it's a "predication-style
`case`", i.e. based on a numeric rather than a boolean value.
E.g. you'd have a `NATPRED Rn, M` prefix instruction which
would "shadow" the next M instructions such that all but one of the
M instructions are "predicated out", and which one is not predicated-out
(i.e. is executed) depends on the value in register Rn?

=== Stefan

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Re: Matmul in VVM (was: Sane(r) SIMD) Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2026-05-02 08:32 +0000
  Re: Matmul in VVM (was: Sane(r) SIMD) MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-02 18:46 +0000
    Re: Matmul in VVM (was: Sane(r) SIMD) Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2026-05-03 07:33 +0000
      Re: Matmul in VVM (was: Sane(r) SIMD) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-05-03 11:13 +0300
      Re: Matmul in VVM (was: Sane(r) SIMD) MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-03 22:28 +0000
        Re: Matmul in VVM (was: Sane(r) SIMD) Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2026-05-10 06:55 +0000
          Re: Matmul in VVM (was: Sane(r) SIMD) MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-10 17:28 +0000
          Re: Matmul in VVM Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2026-05-10 16:15 -0400
        Re: Matmul in VVM Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-05-10 08:58 -0700
          Re: Matmul in VVM Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-12 02:17 +0000
            Re: Matmul in VVM Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-05-11 20:11 -0700
              Re: Matmul in VVM anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-05-12 05:14 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-05-11 23:11 -0700
                Re: Matmul in VVM anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-05-12 07:23 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-12 18:16 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-05-14 08:05 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-14 18:20 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-05-13 09:09 -0700
                Re: Matmul in VVM anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-05-13 17:55 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-13 20:46 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-05-12 14:33 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-12 18:23 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-12 18:12 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-05-12 17:08 -0700
                Re: Matmul in VVM scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-05-13 14:12 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-13 17:36 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-13 02:57 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-13 17:32 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM Terje Mathisen <terje.mathisen@tmsw.no> - 2026-05-14 09:39 +0200
                Re: Matmul in VVM Bernd Linsel <bl1-thispartdoesnotbelonghere@gmx.com> - 2026-05-13 14:02 +0200
                Re: Matmul in VVM Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-05-13 09:14 -0700
                Re: Matmul in VVM MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-13 17:40 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM Bernd Linsel <bl1-thispartdoesnotbelonghere@gmx.com> - 2026-05-13 21:35 +0200
                Re: Matmul in VVM MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-13 20:52 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM Bernd Linsel <bl1-thispartdoesnotbelonghere@gmx.com> - 2026-05-15 00:03 +0200
                Re: Matmul in VVM Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-05-14 16:35 -0700
                Re: Matmul in VVM MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-15 00:17 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-05-18 14:22 -0700
                Re: Matmul in VVM Bernd Linsel <bl1-thispartdoesnotbelonghere@gmx.com> - 2026-05-20 10:06 +0200
                Re: Matmul in VVM Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2026-05-14 12:19 -0400
                Re: Matmul in VVM anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-05-15 06:29 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM EricP <ThatWouldBeTelling@thevillage.com> - 2026-05-15 09:19 -0400
                Re: Matmul in VVM Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-05-18 14:18 -0700
                Re: Matmul in VVM MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-12 18:06 +0000
              Re: Matmul in VVM Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2026-05-12 09:48 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-12 12:59 +0200
              Re: Matmul in VVM Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2026-05-15 16:59 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-05-15 22:30 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2026-05-16 10:22 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-16 18:09 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2026-05-16 18:11 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-16 22:59 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2026-05-17 07:51 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-05-17 18:51 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2026-05-18 09:56 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-18 17:50 +0000
            Re: Matmul in VVM scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-05-12 14:29 +0000
        Re: Matmul in VVM Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-05-25 12:00 -0700
          Re: Matmul in VVM MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-25 19:36 +0000
            Re: Matmul in VVM Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-05-25 17:52 -0700
              Re: Matmul in VVM MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-26 17:48 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-05-26 11:55 -0700
                Re: Matmul in VVM Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2026-05-27 10:57 -0400
                Re: Matmul in VVM Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-05-27 11:13 -0700
                Re: Matmul in VVM Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-05-28 07:43 -0700
                Re: Matmul in VVM Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-05-28 07:53 -0700
                Re: Matmul in VVM MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-28 18:08 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-05-29 08:50 -0700
                Re: Matmul in VVM MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-29 16:58 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2026-05-28 19:29 -0400
                Re: Matmul in VVM Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-05-29 09:03 -0700
                Re: Matmul in VVM MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-29 17:04 +0000
                Re: Matmul in VVM MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-29 16:55 +0000
      Re: Matmul in VVM (was: Sane(r) SIMD) MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-08 18:15 +0000
        Re: Matmul in VVM (was: Sane(r) SIMD) Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2026-05-10 07:14 +0000
          Re: Matmul in VVM (was: Sane(r) SIMD) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-11 05:36 +0000
    Re: Matmul in VVM Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-05-18 11:02 -0700
      Re: Matmul in VVM MitchAlsup <user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-18 20:20 +0000

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