Method for performing intra-SIMD data movement for lane-wise operated single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) coprocessors

Abstract

A processing system includes a first single instruction multiple data (SIMD) coprocessor including a first plurality of SIMD registers. Each of the first plurality of SIMD registers including a first plurality of SIMD lanes, the first SIMD coprocessor configured to: move data from a SIMD register of the plurality of SIMD registers to a memory independent of a cross-lane operation occurring between the first plurality of SIMD lanes of the SIMD register. The processing system includes a second SIMD coprocessor including a second plurality of SIMD registers. Each of the second plurality of SIMD registers including a second plurality of SIMD lanes, the second SIMD coprocessor configured to: move the data from the memory to a SIMD register of the second plurality of SIMD registers; perform movement operations on the data that involve cross-lane operations between the second plurality of SIMD lanes of the SIMD register.

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