Hard Processor System Technical Reference Manual: Agilex™ 5 SoCs

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Date 11/27/2024
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3.5.3.8. Advanced Single Instruction Multiple Data and Floating Point Support

The Cortex* -A76 core supports the advanced single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) and scalar floating-point instructions in the A64 instruction set and the advanced SIMD and floating-point instructions in the A32 and T32 instruction sets.

The Cortex* -A76 floating-point implementation:

  • Does not generate floating-point exceptions.
  • Implements all scalar operations in hardware with support for all combinations of:
    • Rounding modes
    • Flush-to-zero
    • Default not a number (NaN) modes

Software can identify the advanced SIMD and floating-point features using the feature identification registers in the AArch64 execution state only. The Cortex* -A76 core only supports AArch32 in EL0, therefore none of the feature identification registers are accessible in the AArch32 execution state.