# _mm_broadcastw_epi16, _mm256_broadcastw_epi16

Take word elements from the source operand and broadcast to all elements of the result vector. The corresponding Intel® AVX2 instruction is VPBROADCASTW.

## Syntax

extern __m128i _mm_broadcastw_epi16(__m128i val);

extern __m256i _mm256_broadcastw_epi16(__m128i val);

## Arguments

val | __m128i vector containing the elements to be broadcasted

## Description

Takes a word integer in the low bits of the source operand and broadcasts to all eight or sixteen elements of the result vector.

## Returns

Returns result of the broadcast operation.

Parent topic: Intrinsics for Broadcast Operations