[vectorIntrinsics+mask] RFR: 8273057: [vector] New VectorAPI "SelectiveStore"

[Ningsheng Jian]

On Mon, 30 Aug 2021 11:39:31 GMT, Joshua Zhu <jzhu at openjdk.org> wrote:

> > I think I would rather see a vector-to-vector compress operation, than a vector-to-memory operation that also includes compression. Isn?t that the real underlying primitive?
> 
> Agree. John, thanks a lot for your review comments. This will make the primitive more friendly.

Yes, if we have to introduce a new API, a vector-to-vector compress operation sounds more reasonable. Arm SVE instrctuion COMPACT could also do such work.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-vector/pull/115