SSE3内在函数:如何找到大量浮点数的最大值

时间:2013-03-06 04:26:00

标签: c++ sse intrinsics

我有以下代码来查找最大值

int length = 2000;
float *data;
// data is allocated and initialized

float max = 0.0;
for(int i = 0; i < length; i++)
{
   if(data[i] > max)
   {
      max = data;
   }
}

我尝试使用SSE3内在函数对其进行矢量化,但我对如何进行比较感到震惊。

int length = 2000;
float *data;
// data is allocated and initialized

float max = 0.0;
// for time being just assume that length is always mod 4
for(int i = 0; i < length; i+=4)
{
  __m128 a = _mm_loadu_ps(data[i]);
  __m128 b = _mm_load1_ps(max);

  __m128 gt = _mm_cmpgt_ps(a,b);

  // Kinda of struck on what to do next
}

任何人都可以对此有所了解。

1 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:10)

因此,您的代码会在固定长度的浮点数组中找到最大值。行。

有_mm_max_ps,它可以从两个四个浮点数的向量中获得成对最大值。那怎么样?

int length = 2000;
float *data; // maybe you should just use the SSE type here to avoid copying later
// data is allocated and initialized

// for time being just assume that length is always mod 4
__m128 max = _mm_loadu_ps(data); // load the first 4
for(int i = 4; i < length; i+=4)
{
  __m128 cur = _mm_loadu_ps(data + i);
  max = _mm_max_ps(max, cur);
}

最后,抓住max中四个最大的值(请参阅Getting max value in a __m128i vector with SSE?)。

它应该以这种方式工作:

第1步:

[43, 29, 58, 94] (this is max)
[82, 83, 10, 88]
[19, 39, 85, 77]

第2步:

[82, 83, 58, 94] (this is max)
[19, 39, 85, 77]

第2步:

[82, 83, 85, 94] (this is max)