clmulh

Carry-less multiply (high-part)

This instruction is defined by:

Encoding

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Synopsis

clmulh produces the upper half of the 2*XLEN carry-less product

Access

M

HS

U

VS

VU

Always

Always

Always

Always

Always

Decode Variables

Bits<5> rs2 = $encoding[24:20];
Bits<5> rs1 = $encoding[19:15];
Bits<5> rd = $encoding[11:7];

Execution

  • Pruned, XLEN == 64

  • Original

XReg rs1_val = X[rs1];
XReg rs2_val = X[rs2];
XReg output = 0;
for (U32 i = 1; i <= 64; i++) {
  output = (rs2_val : output;
}
X[rd] = output;
if (implemented?(ExtensionName::B) && (CSR[misa].B == 1'b0)) {
  raise(ExceptionCode::IllegalInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
}
XReg rs1_val = X[rs1];
XReg rs2_val = X[rs2];
XReg output = 0;
for (U32 i = 1; i <= xlen(); i++) {
  output = (rs2_val : output;
}
X[rd] = output;