Integer conversions are useful when data is stored in a small integer format, but calculations are performed at a higher precision. They allow data to be unpacked and packed. Synthesizing these with opcodes in the spec is awkward. They are well supported on all architectures.
Widening conversions, with signed or unsigned saturation. These are unary operations, converting low or high half of the smaller lane vector in order to avoid multiple return values.
i32x4.SConvertI16x8Low(x: v128) -> v128
i32x4.SConvertI16x8High(x: v128) -> v128
i32x4.UConvertI16x8Low(x: v128) -> v128
i32x4.UConvertI16x8High(x: v128) -> v128
i16x8.SConvert8x16Low(x: v128) -> v128
i16x8.SConvert8x16High(x: v128) -> v128
i16x8.UConvert8x16Low(x: v128) -> v128
i16x8.UConvert8x16High(x: v128) -> v128
Narrowing conversions, signed and unsigned. These are binary operations, converting two input vectors into a single smaller lane vector.
i16x8.SConvertI32x4(x: v128, y:v128) -> v128
i16x8.UConvertI32x4(x: v128, y:v128) -> v128
i8x16.SConvertI16x8(x: v128, y:v128) -> v128
i8x16.UConvertI16x8(x: v128, y:v128) -> v128