cntlzw

Count Leading Zeros Word

cntlzw RA, RS

Counts the number of consecutive 0 bits starting from bit 32 (MSB of the low word).

Encoding

Binary Layout

31

0:5

RS

6:10

RA

11:15

00000

16:20

000011010

21:30

Rc

31

 

Format X-form

Opcode 0x7C000034

Extension Base

Operands

• RA
  Target Register
• RS
  Source Register

Example

cntlzw r3, r4

// r3 = Leading Zeros in lower 32-bits of r4.

Registers Altered

CR0

Related

Across architectures

Count Leading Zeros : how x86, ARM, RISC-V, and PowerISA each do this.

More in Base

Reference

View in PowerISA v3.1C Specification ↗ OPF Power ISA v3.1C

Description

Counts the number of consecutive zero bits from the MSB (bit 0) of the 32-bit word in RS and stores the result in RA. The count ranges from 0 to 32. If Rc=1, CR0 is updated based on the result.

Operation

n ← 0
while n < 32 and RS[n] = 0 do n ← n + 1
RA ← n
if Rc = 1 then CR0 ← (RA = 0, RA < 0, RA > 0, SO)

Programming Note

When Rc=1 (dot form), CR0 is updated with the signed comparison of the result against zero (LT, GT, EQ) and the current SO bit from XER.