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vmuleuh — Vector Multiply Even Unsigned Half Word

Category: VMX (Altivec) · Form: VX · Opcode: 0x10000248

Assembler Mnemonics

Mnemonic XML entry Flags Description
vmuleuh vmuleuh — Vector Multiply Even Unsigned Half Word

Syntax

vmuleuh [VD], [VA], [VB]

Encoding

vmuleuh — form VX

  • Opcode word: 0x10000248
  • Primary opcode (bits 0–5): 4
  • Extended opcode: 584
  • Synchronising: no
Bits Field Meaning
0–5 OPCD primary opcode (4)
6–10 VRT/VD destination vector register
11–15 VRA/VA source A vector register
16–20 VRB/VB source B vector register
21–31 XO extended opcode (11 bits)

Operands

Field Role Description
VA vmuleuh: read Source A vector register.
VB vmuleuh: read Source B vector register.
VD vmuleuh: write Destination vector register.

Register Effects

vmuleuh

  • Reads (always): VA, VB
  • Reads (conditional): none
  • Writes (always): VD
  • Writes (conditional): none

Status-Register Effects

No condition-register or status-register effects.

Operation (pseudocode)

; Pseudocode derives directly from the xenia-rs interpreter
; arm (see Implementation References). Operation semantics:
;   - Read source operands from the fields listed under Operands.
;   - Apply the arithmetic / logical / memory action described
;     in the Description field above.
;   - Write results to the destination register(s); update any
;     status bits enumerated under Status-Register Effects.
; Consult the IBM AIX reference link under IBM Reference for
; canonical PPC-style pseudocode where xenia's expression is
; terse.

C Translation Example

/* C translation: the xenia-rs interpreter arm below in           */
/* Implementation References is the authoritative semantic        */
/* snapshot. Translate it line-by-line:                            */
/*   - ctx.gpr[N]  -> r[N]       (or f[]/v[] for FPRs/VRs)        */
/*   - mem.read_u*/write_u* -> mem_read_u*_be / mem_write_u*_be   */
/*   - ctx.update_cr_signed(fld, v) -> update_cr_signed(fld, v)   */
/*   - ctx.xer_ca / xer_ov / xer_so -> xer.CA / xer.OV / xer.SO   */
/* The Register Effects and Status-Register Effects tables above  */
/* enumerate every side effect a faithful translation must emit.  */

Implementation References

vmuleuh

xenia-rs interpreter body (frozen snapshot)
        PpcOpcode::vmuleuh => {
            let a = ctx.vr[instr.ra()].as_u16x8();
            let b = ctx.vr[instr.rb()].as_u16x8();
            let mut r = [0u32; 4];
            for i in 0..4 { r[i] = a[2 * i] as u32 * b[2 * i] as u32; }
            ctx.vr[instr.rd()] = xenia_types::Vec128::from_u32x4_array(r);
            ctx.pc += 4;
        }

Special Cases & Edge Conditions

  • Even-lane half-word multiply. Only half-word lanes 0, 2, 4, 6 of VA and VB participate (big-endian indexing). Each 16×16 unsigned product widens to an unsigned 32-bit word and is written to the corresponding word lane of VD. The odd half-words are ignored.
  • Lane-count reduction. 8 half-word input lanes → 4 word output lanes. Pairing is VD.w[i] = VA.h[2*i] * VB.h[2*i] for i ∈ 0..3.
  • No overflow possible. 0xFFFF * 0xFFFF = 0xFFFE0001 — fits in 32 bits. VSCR[SAT] is untouched.
  • Pair with vmulouh to multiply every half-word lane. Interleave the two vectors with vmrghw/vmrglw (word-granularity) to rebuild the full element order, or feed both into vmsumuhm variants.
  • No Rc, no XER, no FPSCR.
  • No VMX128 sibling. Xenon code that needs 16-bit lane multiplies usually goes through vmsumuhm / vmsumuhs.

IBM Reference