[libre-riscv-dev] [isa-dev] 3D Matrix-style operations / primitives

[lkcl]

On Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 3:29:11 PM UTC+1, Rogier Brussee wrote:
 

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>> normalisation looks to be just "divide by the determinant":
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>>> http://mymathforum.com/linear-algebra/18218-how-do-i-normalize-matrix.html
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> NOOOH. She divides every column by the length of the column. 
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i can hear the screams and writhiing from 10,000 miles away, rogier :)

this tends to reinforce the idea of having base primitives (vector gather 
etc., thank you allen), which reorder registers / memory and let it get 
sorted out over time by software engineering.

Atif from Pixilica proposed microcoding (or, similar to that) of actual 
matrix operations: your reaction, Rogier, suggests that whatever algorithm 
is hard-coded into microcode is going to be a risk and/or require *huge* 
amounts of mathematical research to get right.

l.

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