Paired single

Paired singles are a unique part of the Gekko/Broadway processors used in the Gamecube and Wii. They provide fast vector math by keeping two single-precision floating point numbers in a single floating point register, and doing math across registers. This page will demonstrate how these instructions work.

Quantization and Dequantization

All numbers must be quantized before being put into Paired Singles. For conversion from non-floats, in order to allow for greater flexibility, there is a form of scaling implemented. All quantization is controlled by the GQRs (Graphics Quantization Registers). The GQRs are 32bit registers containing the conversion types and scaling factors for storing and loading. (During loading, it dequantizes. During storing, it quantizes.)

GQR
	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16
Access	U		R/W						U					R/W
Field			L_Scale											L_Type
	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0
Access	U		R/W						U					R/W
Field			S_Scale											S_Type

Field	Description
L_*	Values for dequantization.
S_*	Values for quantization.
Scale	Signed. During dequantization divide the number by (2^scale). During quantization, multiply the number by (2^scale).
Type	0: Float (this does no scaling during de/quantization), 4: Unsigned 8bit, 5: Unsigned 16bit, 6: Signed 8bit, 7: Signed 16bit.

Loading and Storing

To load and store Paired-singles, one must use the psq_l and psq_st instructions respectively, or one of their variants.

psq_l

psq_l      frD, d(rA), W, I

This instruction dequantizes values from the memory address in d+(rA|0) and puts them into PS0 and PS1 in frD. If W is 1, however, it only dequantizes one number, and places that into PS0. PS1 is loaded with 1.0 always when W is 1. I specifies the GQR to use for dequantization parameters. The two numbers read from the memory are directly after each other, regardless of size (for example, if the GQR specified to load as a u16, you would have d+(rA|0) point to a two-element array of u16s)

psq_lx

psq_lx     frD, rA, rB, W, I

This instruction acts exactly like psq_l, except instead of (rA) being offset by d, it is offset by (rB).

psq_lu

psq_lu     frD, d(rA), W, I

This instruction acts exactly like psq_l, except rA cannot be 0, and d+(rA) is placed back into rA.

psq_lux

psq_lux    frD, rA, rB, W, I

This instruction acts exactly like psq_lx, except rA cannot be 0, and rB+(rA) is placed back into rA.

psq_st

psq_st     frD, d(rA), W, I

This instruction quantizes values from the Paired Singles in frD and places them in the memory address in d+(rA|0). If W is 1, however, it only quantizes PS0. I specifies the GQR to use for dequantization parameters. The two numbers written to memory are directly after each other, regardless of size (for example, if the GQR specified to store as a u16, d+(rA|0) would be treated as a two-element array of u16s)

psq_stx

psq_stx    frD, rA, rB, W, I

This instruction acts exactly like psq_st, except instead of (rA) being offset by d, it is offset by (rB).

psq_stu

psq_stu    frD, d(rA), W, I

This instruction acts exactly like psq_st, except rA cannot be 0, and d+(rA) is placed back into rA.

psq_stux

psq_stux   frD, rA, rB, W, I

This instruction acts exactly like psq_stx, except rA cannot be 0, and rB+(rA) is placed back into rA.

Single Parameter Operations

These functions operate on one FPR.

ps_abs

Single floating-point absolute value on both ps0 and ps1.

ps_abs     frD, frB

frD(ps0) = abs(frB(ps0))
frD(ps1) = abs(frB(ps1))

ps_mr

Move both ps0 and ps1 from one fpr to another.

ps_mr      frD, frB

frD(ps0) = frB(ps0)
frD(ps1) = frB(ps1)

ps_nabs

Single floating-point negative abs value on both ps0 and ps1.

ps_nabs    frD, frB

frD(ps0) = -abs(frB(ps0))
frD(ps1) = -abs(frB(ps1))

ps_neg

Single floating-point negate on both ps0 and ps1.

ps_neg     frD, frB

frD(ps0) = -frB(ps0)
frD(ps1) = -frB(ps1)

ps_res

Reciprocal of ps0 and ps1.

ps_res     frD, frB

frD(ps0) = -1/frB(ps0)
frD(ps1) = -1/frB(ps1)

Accurate to a precision of 1/4096.

ps_rsqrte

Single floating-point reciprocal sqrt estimate.

ps_rsqrte  frD, frB

frD(ps0) = -1/sqrt(frB(ps0))
frD(ps1) = -1/sqrt(frB(ps1))

Accurate to a precision of 1/4096.

Basic Math

Simple everyday math.

ps_add

Single floating-point add on both ps0 and ps1.

ps_add     frD, frA, frB

frD(ps0) = frA(ps0) + frB(ps0)
frD(ps1) = frA(ps1) + frB(ps1)

ps_sub

Single floating-point subtract on both ps0 and ps1.

ps_sub     frD, frA, frB

frD(ps0) = frA(ps0) - frB(ps0)
frD(ps1) = frA(ps1) - frB(ps1)

ps_mul

Single floating-point multiply on both ps0 and ps1.

ps_mul     frD, frA, frC

frD(ps0) = frA(ps0) * frC(ps0)
frD(ps1) = frA(ps1) * frC(ps1)

ps_div

Single floating-point divide on both ps0 and ps1.

ps_div     frD, frA, frB

frD(ps0) = frA(ps0) / frB(ps0)
frD(ps1) = frA(ps1) / frB(ps1)

Comparison

ps_cmpo0

Ordered compare of ps0 values.

ps_cmpo0   crfD, frA, frB
ps_cmpu0   crfD, frA, frB

cfrD = frA(ps0) compare frB(ps0)

ps_cmpo1

Ordered compare of ps1 values.

ps_cmpo1   crfD, frA, frB
ps_cmpu1   crfD, frA, frB

cfrD = frA(ps1) compare frB(ps1)

Complex Multiply

These instructions multiply in complex ways

ps_madd

Single floating-point madd on both ps0 and ps1.

ps_madd    frD, frA, frC, frB

frD(ps0) = frA(ps0) * frC(ps0) + frB(ps0)
frD(ps1) = frA(ps1) * frC(ps1) + frB(ps1)

ps_madds0

Scalar-vector multiply-add using ps0 for scalar.

ps_madds0  frD, frA, frC, frB

frD(ps0) = frA(ps0) * frC(ps0) + frB(ps0)
frD(ps1) = frA(ps1) * frC(ps0) + frB(ps1)

ps_madds1

Scalar-vector multiply-add using ps1 for scalar.

ps_madds1  frD, frA, frC, frB

frD(ps0) = frA(ps0) * frC(ps1) + frB(ps0)
frD(ps1) = frA(ps1) * frC(ps1) + frB(ps1)

ps_msub

Single floating-point msub on both ps0 and ps1.

ps_msub    frD, frA, frC, frB

frD(ps0) = frA(ps0) * frC(ps0) - frB(ps0)
frD(ps1) = frA(ps1) * frC(ps1) - frB(ps1)

ps_muls0

Scalar-vector multiply using ps0 for scalar.

ps_muls0   frD, frA, frC

frD(ps0) = frA(ps0) * frC(ps0)
frD(ps1) = frA(ps1) * frC(ps0)

ps_muls1

Scalar-vector multiply using ps1 for scalar.

ps_muls1   frD, frA, frC

frD(ps0) = frA(ps0) * frC(ps1)
frD(ps1) = frA(ps1) * frC(ps1)

ps_nmadd

Single floating-point nmadd on both ps0 and ps1.

ps_nmadd   frD, frA, frC, frB

frD(ps0) = -(frA(ps0) * frC(ps0) + frB(ps0))
frD(ps1) = -(frA(ps1) * frC(ps1) + frB(ps1))

ps_nmsub

Single floating-point nmsub on both ps0 and ps1.

ps_nmsub   frD, frA, frC, frB

frD(ps0) = -(frA(ps0) * frC(ps0) - frB(ps0))
frD(ps1) = -(frA(ps1) * frC(ps1) - frB(ps1))

Miscellaneous

Whatever doesn't fit into the other categories.

ps_merge00

Register move allowing swap/merge of ps0 values.

ps_merge00 frD, frA, frB

frD(ps0) = frA(ps0)
frD(ps1) = frB(ps0)

ps_merge01

Register move allowing swap/merge of ps0 and ps1 values.

ps_merge01 frD, frA, frB

frD(ps0) = frA(ps0)
frD(ps1) = frB(ps1)

ps_merge10

Register move allowing swap/merge of ps1 and ps0 values.

ps_merge10 frD, frA, frB

frD(ps0) = frA(ps1)
frD(ps1) = frB(ps0)

ps_merge11