max_u: Wasm SIMD arithmetic instruction

The max_u instruction compares two v128 unsigned integer value interpretations and returns a new interpretation with each lane set to the greater of that lane index's value on the two inputs.

Try it

(module
  (import "console" "log" (func $log (param i32)))
  (func $main
    ;; load two v128 i16x8s onto the stack
    v128.const i16x8 10 400 0 86 87 9000 -5 19
    v128.const i16x8 200 20 0 -5 80 9 -6 283

    ;; return a i16x8 containing the greatest values from each input
    i16x8.max_u
    i16x8.extract_lane_s 5 ;; Extract a single lane
    call $log ;; log the result
  )
  (start $main)
)
const url = "{%wasm-url%}";
await WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming(fetch(url), { console });

Syntax

value_type.max_u
value_type

The type of value the instruction is being run on. The following types support max_u:

  • i8x16
  • i16x8
  • i32x4
max_u

The max_u instruction. Must always be included after the value_type and a period (.).

Type

[input1, input2] -> [output]
input1

The first input value.

input2

The second input value.

output

The output value. A new v128 of the same type as the inputs, with each lane set to the greater of that lane index's value on the two inputs.

Binary encoding

Instruction Binary format Example text => binary
i8x16.max_u 0xfd 121:u32 i8x16.max_u => 0xfd 0x79
i16x8.max_u 0xfd 153:u32 i16x8.max_u => 0xfd 0x99 0x01
i32x4.max_u 0xfd 185:u32 i32x4.max_u => 0xfd 0xb9 0x01

See also