# _mm256_broadcast_sd

Loads and broadcasts scalar double-precision floating point values to a 256-bit destination operand. The corresponding Intel® AVX instruction is VBROADCASTSD.

## Syntax

extern __m256d _mm256_broadcast_sd(double const *a);

## Arguments

*a | pointer to a memory location that can hold constant scalar float64 values

## Description

Loads scalar double-precision floating-point values from the specified address a, and broadcasts it to all four elements in the destination vector.

## Returns

Result of the load and broadcast operation.

Parent topic: Intrinsics for Load and Store Operations