[vectorIntrinsics+fp16] RFR: 8277304: Java support for FP16 [v9]

[Smita Kamath]

> Initial FP16 vectorAPI Java support.

Smita Kamath has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:

  Added handling for special cases

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/panama-vector/pull/164/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/panama-vector/pull/164/files/ffb9a629..8e849c25

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=panama-vector&pr=164&range=08
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=panama-vector&pr=164&range=07-08

  Stats: 22 lines in 1 file changed: 10 ins; 0 del; 12 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/panama-vector/pull/164.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/panama-vector pull/164/head:pull/164

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/panama-vector/pull/164