Instruction Set 9-121
mulchw
Multiply Cross Halfword to Word Signed
9.Instruction Setmulchw
Multiply Cross Halfword to Word Signed
(RT)
0
:31
← (RA)
16:31
x (RB)
0:15
signed
The low-order halfword of RA is multiplied by the high-order halfword of RB. The resulting signed
product replaces the contents of RT.
Registers Altered
•RT
• CR[CR0]
LT, GT, EQ, SO
if Rc contains 1
Architecture Note
This instruction is part of the Multiply-Accumulate instruction set extensions and complies with the
architectural requirements for APUs of the IBM PowerPC Embedded Environment. As such, it is not
part of the PowerPC Architecture, nor is it part of the IBM PowerPC Embedded Environment.
Programs that use this instruction may not be portable to other implementations.
mulchw RT, RA, RB Rc=0
mulchw. RT, RA, RB Rc=1
4 RT RA RB 168 Rc
0 6 11 16 21 31