VSQRTSH

VSQRTSH — Compute Square Root of Scalar FP16 Value

Opcode/ Instruction	Op/ En	64/32 bit Mode Support	CPUID Feature Flag	Description
EVEX.LLIG.F3.MAP5.W0 51 /r VSQRTSH xmm1{k1}{z}, xmm2, xmm3/m16 {er}	AV/V		AVX512_FP16 OR AVX10.1	Compute square root of the low FP16 value in xmm3/m16 and store the result in xmm1 subject to writemask k1. Bits 127:16 from xmm2 are copied to xmm1[127:16].

Instruction Operand Encoding

Op/En	Tuple	Operand 1	Operand 2	Operand 3	Operand 4
A	Scalar	ModRM:reg (w)	VEX.vvvv (r)	ModRM:r/m (r)	N/A

Description

This instruction performs a scalar FP16 square-root computation on the source operand and stores the FP16 result in the destination operand. Bits 127:16 of the destination operand are copied from the corresponding bits of the first source operand. Bits MAXVL-1:128 of the destination operand are zeroed. The low FP16 element of the destination is updated according to the writemask.

Operation

VSQRTSH dest{k1}, src1, src2

IF k1[0] or *no writemask*:
    DEST.fp16[0] ← SQRT(src2.fp16[0])
ELSE IF *zeroing*:
    DEST.fp16[0] ← 0
//else DEST.fp16[0] remains unchanged
DEST[127:16] ← src1[127:16]

Intel C/C++ Compiler Intrinsic Equivalent

VSQRTSH __m128h _mm_mask_sqrt_round_sh (__m128h src, __mmask8 k, __m128h a, __m128h b, const int rounding);
VSQRTSH __m128h _mm_maskz_sqrt_round_sh (__mmask8 k, __m128h a, __m128h b, const int rounding);
VSQRTSH __m128h _mm_sqrt_round_sh (__m128h a, __m128h b, const int rounding);
VSQRTSH __m128h _mm_mask_sqrt_sh (__m128h src, __mmask8 k, __m128h a, __m128h b);
VSQRTSH __m128h _mm_maskz_sqrt_sh (__mmask8 k, __m128h a, __m128h b);
VSQRTSH __m128h _mm_sqrt_sh (__m128h a, __m128h b);

SIMD Floating-Point Exceptions

Invalid, Precision, Denormal

Other Exceptions

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Source: Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual, Combined Volumes (Order Number 325462-091US, March 2026)
Generated: 7-6-2026