ds_read_u8_d16 GPU Native ISA AMD Vector

DS READ U8 D16 LDS / Data Share

ds_read_u8_d16

Load 8 bits of unsigned data from a data share, zero extend to 16 bits and store the result into the low 16 bits of a vector register.

Encoding

Verified bit-level encoding data is not yet available for this instruction. The instruction-format classification below (DS) is well-documented and stable; exact per-target opcode/field bit positions have not yet been imported from a verified source.
Format DS
Execution Unit

Operands

Operand details have not yet been curated for this instruction.

GFX Target Compatibility

TargetSupport
gfx1100✅ Supported

Related

More in LDS / Data Share

Reference

AMDGPU / GFX ISA

Semantics

RETURN_DATA[15 : 0].u16 = 16'U({ 8'0U, MEM[ADDR].u8 }); // RETURN_DATA[31:16] is preserved.

Example

ds_read_u8_d16 v5, v1

A real instruction accepted by the LLVM assembler, taken verbatim from LLVM's own AMDGPU MC test suite (gfx11). Not from an AMD document, and not authored here.

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