You can initialize vector registers with elements undefined, as all zeros, using data from local memory or using part of the values set from another register, or a combination of the above.
// contents undefined
aie::vector<int32,8> uv;
// all 0's
aie::vector<int32,8> nv = aie::zeros<int32,8>();
// all values are 100
aie::vector<int32,8> bv = aie::broadcast<int32,8>(100);
// concatenate vectors into larger vector
aie::vector<int32,16> cv=aie::concat(nv,bv);
int32* reals;
aie::vector<int32, 8> v = aie::load_v<8>(reals);
aie::vector<int32, 8> v2;
v2.load(reals);
// create a new 512-bit vector with lower 256-bit set with "iv"
aie::vector<int32,16> sv = iv.grow<16>(0);In the previous example:
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aie::zeros - Creates vector with all elements 0.
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aie::broadcast - Sets all elements of vector to a value.
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aie::concat - Concatenates multiple vectors or accumulators with same type and size into a larger vector or accumulator.
The vector and accumulator classes have the member function grow() that creates a larger vector where only one part
is initialized with the subvector (iv in above
example) and the other parts are undefined. Here the function parameter idx indicates the location of the subvector within the
output vector.
The static keyword applies to the vector data
type as well. When applied, the default value is zero when not initialized and the
value is kept between graph run iterations.