ds_load_i8 GPU Native ISA AMD Vector

LDS / Data Share

ds_load_i8

Load 8 bits of signed data from a data share, sign extend to 32 bits and store the result into a vector register.

Also written as ds_read_i8. AMD's machine-readable ISA specification lists this name for the same instruction.

Encoding

Binary Layout (AMD CDNA 5)
VDST
63:56
DATA1
55:48
DATA0
47:40
ADDR
39:32
110110
31:26
00111001
25:18
unassigned
17:16
OFFSET1
15:8
OFFSET0
7:0
 

The ENC_VDS layout from AMD's machine-readable ISA specification (AMD CDNA 5). Opcode 57 in OP rebuilds 0x00000000D8E40000, an identifier AMD lists for this encoding. Bits marked unassigned have no field in the specification. Not the same in every generation: AMD RDNA 3.5 (encoding ENC_DS, field layout), AMD RDNA 3 (encoding ENC_DS, field layout). The same in AMD RDNA 4.

Format DS
Width 64 bits
Opcode 57
Identifier 0x00000000D8E40000

Operands

  • VDST
    Written. Operand must be a vector GPR. Uses an 8-bit operand field. Data format: Signed 32-bit integral data. (OPR_VGPR, FMT_NUM_I32)
  • ADDR
    Read. Operand must be a vector GPR. Uses an 8-bit operand field. Data format: 32 bits of arbitrary data. (OPR_VGPR, FMT_NUM_B32)

In AMD's order, as its machine-readable ISA specification lists them for the ENC_VDS encoding (AMD CDNA 5).

GFX Target Compatibility

TargetSupport
gfx1100✅ Supported

Related

More in LDS / Data Share

Reference

AMDGPU / GFX ISA

Example

ds_load_i8 v5, v1

A real instruction accepted by the LLVM assembler, taken verbatim from LLVM's own AMDGPU MC test suite. Not from an AMD document, and not authored here.

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