[PATCH v4 0/7] x86: add ACE V1 ISA support

Project / Subsystem

binutils / x86

Date

2026-09-29

Proposer

Rohan Shenoy <RohanRadhesh.Shenoy@amd.com>

Source type

public_inbox

Consensus

Proposed

Sentiment

—/10

Technical tradeoffs

  • • Adds a significant new instruction set extension to binutils.
  • • Requires multiple patches to introduce dependencies and the final support.
  • • Balances code reuse (AMX) with new feature implementation.

All attributes

project
binutils
subsystem
x86
patch_id
—
discussion_id
cover.1790705096.git.RohanRadhesh.Shenoy@amd.com
source_type
public_inbox
title
[PATCH v4 0/7] x86: add ACE V1 ISA support
headline
x86: add ACE V1 ISA support
tldr
Adds assembler and disassembler support for the x86 ACE V1 (AI Compute Extensions) instructions.
proposer
Rohan Shenoy <RohanRadhesh.Shenoy@amd.com>
consensus
Proposed
outcome
proposed
sentiment_score
—
technical_tradeoffs
  • • Adds a significant new instruction set extension to binutils.
  • • Requires multiple patches to introduce dependencies and the final support.
  • • Balances code reuse (AMX) with new feature implementation.
series_id
binutils:x86: add ace v1 isa support
series_role
cover
series_parts
[]
tags
  • • x86
  • • ACE
  • • assembler
  • • disassembler
  • • instruction set
bugzilla_url
—
date
2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z

[PATCH v4 0/7] x86: add ACE V1 ISA support

This patch series introduces assembler and disassembler support for the new x86 ACE V1 (AI Compute Extensions) instructions. The series first adds prerequisite patches for internal features like ‘TILE’ and EVEX decoding, then enables ACE V1 and adds support for its specific instructions, including block scale registers and tile operations.