Intel® C++ Compiler Classic Developer Guide and Reference

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Date 12/16/2022
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<span class='option'>_mm256_movemask_ps</span>

Extracts float32 sign mask. The corresponding Intel® AVX instruction is VMOVMSKPS.

Syntax

extern int _mm256_movemask_ps(__m256 a;

Arguments

a

float32 source vector

Description

Performs an extract operation of sign bits from eight single-precision floating point elements (float32 elements) of the source vector a, and composes them into bitmasks.

Returns

An integer bitmask of eight meaningful bits.