Start, offset - 2022.2 English

Vitis Tutorials: AI Engine (XD100)

Document ID
XD100
Release Date
2022-12-01
Version
2022.2 English

In all the subsequent intrinsics, the input vector(s) go through a data shuffling function that is controlled by two parameters:

  • Start

  • Offset

Let us take the fpmul function:

v8float fpmul(v32float xbuf, int xstart, unsigned int xoffs, v8float zbuf, int zstart, unsigned int zoffs)

  • xbuf, xstart, xoffs: first buffer and shuffling parameters

  • zbuf, zstart, zoffs: second buffer and shuffling parameters

  • Start: starting offset for all lanes of the buffer

  • Offset: additional, lane-dependent offset for the buffer. Definition takes 4 bits per lane.

For example:

v8float ret = fpmul(xbuf,2,0x210FEDCB,zbuf,7,0x76543210)

for (i = 0 ; i < 8 ; i++)
  ret[i] =  xbuf[xstart + xoffs[i]] * zbuf[zstart + zoffs[i]]

All values in hexadecimal:

ret
Index
(Lane)
xbuf
Start
xbuf
Offset
Final
xbuf
Index
zbuf
Start
zbuf
Offset
Final
zbuf
Index
0 2 B D 7 0 7
1 2 C E 7 1 8
2 2 D F 7 2 9
3 2 E 10 7 3 A
4 2 F 11 7 4 B
5 2 0 2 7 5 C
6 2 1 3 7 6 D
7 2 2 4 7 7 E