# _mm256_broadcast_ps

Loads and broadcasts packed single-precision floating point values. The corresponding Intel® AVX instruction is VBROADCASTF128.

## Syntax

extern __m256 _mm256_broadcast_ps(__m128 const *a);

## Arguments

*a | pointer to a memory location that can hold constant 128-bit float32 values

## Description

Loads 128-bit float32 values from the specified address pointed to by a, and broadcasts it to all elements in the destination 256-bit vector.

## Returns

Result of the load and broadcast operation.

Parent topic: Intrinsics for Load and Store Operations