> It had opcodes to reverse bits in a bitstring Bit reversal is used in Fast Fou...

		anthomtb on May 27, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What is an A.I. chip and how does it work? > It had opcodes to reverse bits in a bitstring Bit reversal is used in Fast Fourier Transforms. Its not entirely surprising to me that you'd have specialized hardware for that operation. Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit-reversal_permutation#Appli...

Also to count ones in a bitstring. And so on.