vinsertf128

Insert Float 128-bit

VINSERTF128 ymm1, ymm2, xmm3/m128, imm8

Inserts 128-bits into a YMM register.

Details

Inserts a 128-bit float vector into a 256-bit YMM register at either the lower or upper 128-bit lane, with the remaining lane copied from the first source operand. This is a non-destructive three-operand instruction where the immediate byte (bits 0–7) selects the destination lane (0=lower, 1=upper). No flags are affected; this is purely a data movement and lane selection operation.

Pseudocode Operation

imm_index ← imm8[0];
if (imm_index == 0) {
  ymm1[0:127] ← xmm3/m128[0:127];
  ymm1[128:255] ← ymm2[128:255];
} else {
  ymm1[0:127] ← ymm2[0:127];
  ymm1[128:255] ← xmm3/m128[0:127];
}

Example

VINSERTF128 ymm1, ymm2, xmm3/m128, 3

Encoding

Binary Layout
VEX
+0
opcode
+3
ModRM
+4
 
Format VEX
Opcode VEX.256.66.0F3A.W0 18 /r ib
Extension AVX

Operands

  • dest
    256-bit YMM AVX register
  • src1
    256-bit YMM AVX register
  • src2
    128-bit XMM SIMD register or Memory operand
  • src3
    8-bit signed immediate

Reference (Intel® SDM)

Instruction Forms

Opcode Instruction Op/En 64/32-bit Mode CPUID Description
VEX.256.66.0F3A.W0 18 /r ib VINSERTF128 ymm1, ymm2, xmm3/m128, imm8 A V/V AVX Insert 128 bits of packed floating-point values from xmm3/m128 and the remaining values from ymm2 into ymm1.
EVEX.256.66.0F3A.W0 18 /r ib VINSERTF32X4 ymm1 {k1}{z}, ymm2, xmm3/m128, imm8 C V/V (AVX512VL AND AVX512F) OR AVX10.1 Insert 128 bits of packed single-precision floating-point values from xmm3/m128 and the remaining values from ymm2 into ymm1 under writemask k1.
EVEX.512.66.0F3A.W0 18 /r ib VINSERTF32X4 zmm1 {k1}{z}, zmm2, xmm3/m128, imm8 C V/V AVX512F OR AVX10.1 Insert 128 bits of packed single-precision floating-point values from xmm3/m128 and the remaining values from zmm2 into zmm1 under writemask k1.
EVEX.256.66.0F3A.W1 18 /r ib VINSERTF64X2 ymm1 {k1}{z}, ymm2, xmm3/m128, imm8 B V/V (AVX512VL AND AVX512DQ) OR AVX10.1 Insert 128 bits of packed double precision floating-point values from xmm3/m128 and the remaining values from ymm2 into ymm1 under writemask k1.
EVEX.512.66.0F3A.W1 18 /r ib VINSERTF64X2 zmm1 {k1}{z}, zmm2, xmm3/m128, imm8 B V/V AVX512DQ OR AVX10.1 Insert 128 bits of packed double precision floating-point values from xmm3/m128 and the remaining values from zmm2 into zmm1 under writemask k1.
EVEX.512.66.0F3A.W0 1A /r ib VINSERTF32X8 zmm1 {k1}{z}, zmm2, ymm3/m256, imm8 D V/V AVX512DQ OR AVX10.1 Insert 256 bits of packed single-precision floating-point values from ymm3/m256 and the remaining values from zmm2 into zmm1 under writemask k1.
EVEX.512.66.0F3A.W1 1A /r ib VINSERTF64X4 zmm1 {k1}{z}, zmm2, ymm3/m256, imm8 C V/V AVX512F OR AVX10.1 Insert 256 bits of packed double precision floating-point values from ymm3/m256 and the remaining values from zmm2 into zmm1 under writemask k1.

Instruction Operand Encoding

Op/En Tuple Type Operand 1 Operand 2 Operand 3 Operand 4
A N/A ModRM:reg (w) VEX.vvvv (r) ModRM:r/m (r) imm8
B Tuple2 ModRM:reg (w) EVEX.vvvv (r) ModRM:r/m (r) imm8
C Tuple4 ModRM:reg (w) EVEX.vvvv (r) ModRM:r/m (r) imm8
D Tuple8 ModRM:reg (w) EVEX.vvvv (r) ModRM:r/m (r) imm8

Description

VINSERTF128/VINSERTF32x4 and VINSERTF64x2 insert 128-bits of packed floating-point values from the second source operand (the third operand) into the destination operand (the first operand) at an 128-bit granularity offset multiplied by imm8[0] (256-bit) or imm8[1:0]. The remaining portions of the destination operand are copied from the corresponding fields of the first source operand (the second operand). The second source operand can be either an XMM register or a 128-bit memory location. The destination and first source operands are vector registers. VINSERTF32x4: The destination operand is a ZMM/YMM register and updated at 32-bit granularity according to the writemask. The high 6/7 bits of the immediate are ignored. VINSERTF64x2: The destination operand is a ZMM/YMM register and updated at 64-bit granularity according to the writemask. The high 6/7 bits of the immediate are ignored. VINSERTF128/VINSERTF32x4/VINSERTF64x2/VINSERTF32x8/VINSERTF64x4—Insert Packed Floating-Point Values Vol. 2C 5-406 VINSERTF32x8 and VINSERTF64x4 inserts 256-bits of packed floating-point values from the second source operand (the third operand) into the destination operand (the first operand) at a 256-bit granular offset multiplied by imm8[0]. The remaining portions of the destination are copied from the corresponding fields of the first source operand (the second operand). The second source operand can be either an YMM register or a 256-bit memory location. The high 7 bits of the immediate are ignored. The destination operand is a ZMM register and updated at 32/64-bit granularity according to the writemask.

Operation

VINSERTF32x4 (EVEX encoded versions)
(KL, VL) = (8, 256), (16, 512)
TEMP_DEST[VL-1:0] := SRC1[VL-1:0]
IF VL = 256
CASE (imm8[0]) OF
0:  TMP_DEST[127:0] := SRC2[127:0]
1:  TMP_DEST[255:128] := SRC2[127:0]
ESAC.
FI;
IF VL = 512
CASE (imm8[1:0]) OF
00: TMP_DEST[127:0] := SRC2[127:0]
01: TMP_DEST[255:128] := SRC2[127:0]
10: TMP_DEST[383:256] := SRC2[127:0]
11: TMP_DEST[511:384] := SRC2[127:0]
ESAC.
FI;
FOR j := 0 TO KL-1
i := j * 32
IF k1[j] OR *no writemask*
THEN DEST[i+31:i] := TMP_DEST[i+31:i]
ELSE
IF *merging-masking*                                 ; merging-masking
THEN *DEST[i+31:i] remains unchanged*
ELSE                                                         ; zeroing-masking
DEST[i+31:i] := 0
FI
FI;
ENDFOR
DEST[MAXVL-1:VL] := 0





VINSERTF128/VINSERTF32x4/VINSERTF64x2/VINSERTF32x8/VINSERTF64x4—Insert Packed Floating-Point Values                      Vol. 2C 5-407
VINSERTF64x2 (EVEX encoded versions)
(KL, VL) = (4, 256), (8, 512)
TEMP_DEST[VL-1:0] := SRC1[VL-1:0]
IF VL = 256
CASE (imm8[0]) OF
0:  TMP_DEST[127:0] := SRC2[127:0]
1:  TMP_DEST[255:128] := SRC2[127:0]
ESAC.
FI;
IF VL = 512
CASE (imm8[1:0]) OF
00: TMP_DEST[127:0] := SRC2[127:0]
01: TMP_DEST[255:128] := SRC2[127:0]
10: TMP_DEST[383:256] := SRC2[127:0]
11: TMP_DEST[511:384] := SRC2[127:0]
ESAC.
FI;
FOR j := 0 TO KL-1
i := j * 64
IF k1[j] OR *no writemask*
THEN DEST[i+63:i] := TMP_DEST[i+63:i]
ELSE
IF *merging-masking*                                 ; merging-masking
THEN *DEST[i+63:i] remains unchanged*
ELSE                                                         ; zeroing-masking
DEST[i+63:i] := 0
FI
FI;
ENDFOR
DEST[MAXVL-1:VL] := 0

VINSERTF32x8 (EVEX.U1.512 encoded version)
TEMP_DEST[VL-1:0] := SRC1[VL-1:0]
CASE (imm8[0]) OF
0: TMP_DEST[255:0] := SRC2[255:0]
1: TMP_DEST[511:256] := SRC2[255:0]
ESAC.

FOR j := 0 TO 15
i := j * 32
IF k1[j] OR *no writemask*
THEN DEST[i+31:i] := TMP_DEST[i+31:i]
ELSE
IF *merging-masking*                                 ; merging-masking
THEN *DEST[i+31:i] remains unchanged*
ELSE                                                         ; zeroing-masking
DEST[i+31:i] := 0
FI
FI;
ENDFOR
DEST[MAXVL-1:VL] := 0





VINSERTF128/VINSERTF32x4/VINSERTF64x2/VINSERTF32x8/VINSERTF64x4—Insert Packed Floating-Point Values                      Vol. 2C 5-408
VINSERTF64x4 (EVEX.512 encoded version)
VL = 512
TEMP_DEST[VL-1:0] := SRC1[VL-1:0]
CASE (imm8[0]) OF
0: TMP_DEST[255:0] := SRC2[255:0]
1: TMP_DEST[511:256] := SRC2[255:0]
ESAC.

FOR j := 0 TO 7
i := j * 64
IF k1[j] OR *no writemask*
THEN DEST[i+63:i] := TMP_DEST[i+63:i]
ELSE
IF *merging-masking*                                 ; merging-masking
THEN *DEST[i+63:i] remains unchanged*
ELSE                                                         ; zeroing-masking
DEST[i+63:i] := 0
FI
FI;
ENDFOR
DEST[MAXVL-1:VL] := 0

VINSERTF128 (VEX encoded version)
TEMP[255:0] := SRC1[255:0]
CASE (imm8[0]) OF
0: TEMP[127:0] := SRC2[127:0]
1: TEMP[255:128] := SRC2[127:0]
ESAC
DEST := TEMP

Intel C/C++ Compiler Intrinsic Equivalent

VINSERTF32x4 __m512 _mm512_insertf32x4( __m512 a, __m128 b, int imm);
VINSERTF32x4 __m512 _mm512_mask_insertf32x4(__m512 s, __mmask16 k, __m512 a, __m128 b, int imm);
VINSERTF32x4 __m512 _mm512_maskz_insertf32x4( __mmask16 k, __m512 a, __m128 b, int imm);
VINSERTF32x4 __m256 _mm256_insertf32x4( __m256 a, __m128 b, int imm);
VINSERTF32x4 __m256 _mm256_mask_insertf32x4(__m256 s, __mmask8 k, __m256 a, __m128 b, int imm);
VINSERTF32x4 __m256 _mm256_maskz_insertf32x4( __mmask8 k, __m256 a, __m128 b, int imm);
VINSERTF32x8 __m512 _mm512_insertf32x8( __m512 a, __m256 b, int imm);
VINSERTF32x8 __m512 _mm512_mask_insertf32x8(__m512 s, __mmask16 k, __m512 a, __m256 b, int imm);
VINSERTF32x8 __m512 _mm512_maskz_insertf32x8( __mmask16 k, __m512 a, __m256 b, int imm);
VINSERTF64x2 __m512d _mm512_insertf64x2( __m512d a, __m128d b, int imm);
VINSERTF64x2 __m512d _mm512_mask_insertf64x2(__m512d s, __mmask8 k, __m512d a, __m128d b, int imm);
VINSERTF64x2 __m512d _mm512_maskz_insertf64x2( __mmask8 k, __m512d a, __m128d b, int imm);
VINSERTF64x2 __m256d _mm256_insertf64x2( __m256d a, __m128d b, int imm);
VINSERTF64x2 __m256d _mm256_mask_insertf64x2(__m256d s, __mmask8 k, __m256d a, __m128d b, int imm);
VINSERTF64x2 __m256d _mm256_maskz_insertf64x2( __mmask8 k, __m256d a, __m128d b, int imm);
VINSERTF64x4 __m512d _mm512_insertf64x4( __m512d a, __m256d b, int imm);
VINSERTF64x4 __m512d _mm512_mask_insertf64x4(__m512d s, __mmask8 k, __m512d a, __m256d b, int imm);
VINSERTF64x4 __m512d _mm512_maskz_insertf64x4( __mmask8 k, __m512d a, __m256d b, int imm);
VINSERTF128 __m256 _mm256_insertf128_ps (__m256 a, __m128 b, int offset);
VINSERTF128 __m256d _mm256_insertf128_pd (__m256d a, __m128d b, int offset);
VINSERTF128 __m256i _mm256_insertf128_si256 (__m256i a, __m128i b, int offset);
VINSERTF128/VINSERTF32x4/VINSERTF64x2/VINSERTF32x8/VINSERTF64x4—Insert Packed Floating-Point Values                      Vol. 2C 5-409

Exceptions

SIMD Floating-Point Exceptions

None

Other Exceptions

VEX-encoded instruction, see Table 2-23, “Type 6 Class Exception Conditions.” Additionally: #UD If VEX.L = 0. EVEX-encoded instruction, see Table 2-56, “Type E6NF Class Exception Conditions.” VINSERTF128/VINSERTF32x4/VINSERTF64x2/VINSERTF32x8/VINSERTF64x4—Insert Packed Floating-Point Values Vol. 2C 5-410