Use _mm512_mask_cvtusepi32_storeu_epi8

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/avx512_gemm.h b/avx512_gemm.h
index b3499af..b8c4de1 100644
--- a/avx512_gemm.h
+++ b/avx512_gemm.h
@@ -264,17 +264,14 @@ struct AVX512_8bit {
     assert(size % 16 == 0);
     assert(reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(input) % 64 == 0);
     const __m512i neg127 = _mm512_set1_epi32(-127);
-    const __m128i pos127 = _mm_set1_epi8(127);
+    const __m512i pos127 = _mm512_set1_epi32(127);
     const __m512 quant_mult_reg = _mm512_set1_ps(quant_mult);
     const float *end = input + size;
     for (; input < end; input += 16, output += 16) {
       __m512i asint = avx512f::QuantizerGrab(input, quant_mult_reg);
       asint = _mm512_max_epi32(asint, neg127);
-
-      //First convert to 8 bit then add and finally store,
-      //because _mm512_mask_cvtsepi32_storeu_epi8 saturates to signed
-      __m128i as8bit = _mm512_cvtsepi32_epi8(asint);
-      *reinterpret_cast<__m128i*>(output) = _mm_add_epi8(as8bit, pos127);
+      asint = _mm512_add_epi32(asint, pos127);
+      _mm512_mask_cvtusepi32_storeu_epi8(output, 0xffff, asint);
     }
   }