Intel ARCHITECTURE IA-32 - Manual (Page 208)

IA-32 Intel® Architecture Optimization
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There are two options for computing data in AoS format: perform
operation on the data as it stands in AoS format, or re-arrange it (swizzle
it) into SoA format dynamically. See Example 3-16 for code samples of
each option based on a dot-product computation.
Example 3-15 SoA Data Structure
typedef struct{
float x[NumOfVertices];
float y[NumOfVertices];
float z[NumOfVertices];
int a[NumOfVertices];
int b[NumOfVertices];
int c[NumOfVertices];
. . .
} VerticesList;
VerticesList Vertices;
Example 3-16 AoS and SoA Code Samples
; The dot product of an array of vectors (Array) and a
; fixed vector (Fixed) is a common operation in 3D
; lighting operations,
; where Array = (x0,y0,z0),(x1,y1,z1),...
; and Fixed = (xF,yF,zF)
; A dot product is defined as the scalar quantity
; d0 = x0*xF + y0*yF + z0*zF.
; AoS code
; All values marked DC are “don’t-care.”
; In the AOS model, the vertices are stored in the
; xyz format
movaps xmm0, Array ; xmm0 = DC, x0, y0, z0
movaps xmm1, Fixed ; xmm1 = DC, xF, yF, zF
mulps xmm0, xmm1 ; xmm0 = DC, x0*xF, y0*yF, z0*zF
movhlps xmm1, xmm0 ; xmm1 = DC, DC, DC, x0*xF
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