EXP(3clc)

💖 EXP, EXP2, EXP10, EX — the OpenCL Manual page (3clc) 💖

okay bestie, buckle up, we're doing exponent functions today ✨ this is the EXP(3clc) page from the OpenCL Manual and it's genuinely so much, let's go 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

exp, _exp2, _exp10, _expm1_ (including _half__ and _native_) — Exponent functions. 💅

gentype exp(gentype x);

gentype exp2(gentype );

gentype exp10(gentype );

gentype expm1(gentype x);

gentype half_exp(gentype x);

gentype half_exp2(gentype x);

gentype half_exp10(gentype x);

gentype native_exp(gentype x);

gentype native_exp2(gentype x);

gentype native_exp10(gentype x);

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

no cap, here's the whole roster 👑

• exp computes the base- e exponential of x. 🧚
• exp2 is the exponential base 2 function. 🦋
• exp10 is the exponential base 10 function. 🌈
• expm1 computes ex - 1.0. 😭
• half_exp computes the base- e exponential of x.
• half_exp2 computes the base- 2 exponential of x.
• half_exp10 computes the base- 10 exponential of x.
• native_exp computes the base- e exponential of x over an implementation-defined range. The maximum error is implementation-defined. 👀
• native_exp2 computes the base- 2 exponential of x over an implementation-defined range. The maximum error is implementation-defined. 👀
• native_exp10 computes the base- 10 exponential of x over an implementation-defined range. The maximum error is implementation-defined. 👀

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💜 NOTES 💜

okay so here's the tea, and it's important tea 🍓

• The vector versions of the math functions operate component-wise. The description is per-component. (yes girl, every single lane of your vector, individually ✨)
• The built-in math functions are not affected by the prevailing rounding mode in the calling environment, and always return the same value as they would if called with the round to nearest even rounding mode. it's giving consistent. it's giving reliable. 💅
• The built-in math functions take scalar or vector arguments. For any specific use of these function, the actual type has to be the same for all arguments and the return type unless otherwise specified. 🔥
• The generic type name gentype is used to indicate that the function can take float, float2, float3, float4, float8, float16, double, double2, double3, double4, double8, or double16 as the type for the arguments. 👑
• If extended with cl_khr_fp16(3clc), generic type name gentype may indicate half and half{2|3|4|8|16} as arguments and return values. 🎀
• The generic type name gentypef is used to indicate that the function can take float, float2, float3, float4, float8, or float16 as the type for the arguments. ⭐
• The generic type name gentyped is used to indicate that the function can take double, double2, double3, double4, double8, or double16 as the type for the arguments. ⭐
• Functions with the half_ prefix are implemented with a minimum of 10-bits of accuracy i.e. an ULP value less than or equal to 8192 ulp. 🫶
• Functions with the native_ prefix may map to one or more native device instructions and will typically have better performance compared to the corresponding functions (without the native_ prefix). The accuracy (and in some cases the input range(s)) of these functions is implementation-defined. 💀

bestie, read that last one twice. native_ is the fast-and-loose bestie. she's fast, she's fun, but her accuracy and even her valid input ranges are up to whoever implemented her. not a bug, just the vibe check. 🙈

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🌈 SPECIFICATION 🌈

OpenCL Specification[1]

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• mathFunctions(3clc)

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🦋 AUTHORS 🦋

The Khronos Group 👑

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💖 COPYRIGHT 💖

Copyright © 2007-2011 The Khronos Group Inc.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and/or associated documentation files (the "Materials"), to deal in the Materials without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Materials, and to permit persons to whom the Materials are furnished to do so, subject to the condition that this copyright notice and permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Materials.

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⭐ NOTES (the footnotes, not the other notes, i know, iconic) ⭐

1. OpenCL Specification page 244, section 6.12.2 - Math Functions

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and that's the whole page bestie, you ate it 💅✨ this one came from The Khronos Group, dated 01/14/2021 — go forth and exponentiate responsibly 🫶🌸💖