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casadi/include/eigen3/Eigen/src/Core/arch/AVX/PacketMath.h

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+// This file is part of Eigen, a lightweight C++ template library
+// for linear algebra.
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2014 Benoit Steiner (benoit.steiner.goog@gmail.com)
+//
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla
+// Public License v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed
+// with this file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+#ifndef EIGEN_PACKET_MATH_AVX_H
+#define EIGEN_PACKET_MATH_AVX_H
+
+namespace Eigen {
+
+namespace internal {
+
+#ifndef EIGEN_CACHEFRIENDLY_PRODUCT_THRESHOLD
+#define EIGEN_CACHEFRIENDLY_PRODUCT_THRESHOLD 8
+#endif
+
+#if !defined(EIGEN_VECTORIZE_AVX512) && !defined(EIGEN_ARCH_DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_REGISTERS)
+#define EIGEN_ARCH_DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_REGISTERS 16
+#endif
+
+#ifdef EIGEN_VECTORIZE_FMA
+#ifndef EIGEN_HAS_SINGLE_INSTRUCTION_MADD
+#define EIGEN_HAS_SINGLE_INSTRUCTION_MADD
+#endif
+#endif
+
+typedef __m256  Packet8f;
+typedef __m256i Packet8i;
+typedef __m256d Packet4d;
+typedef eigen_packet_wrapper<__m128i, 2> Packet8h;
+typedef eigen_packet_wrapper<__m128i, 3> Packet8bf;
+
+template<> struct is_arithmetic<__m256>  { enum { value = true }; };
+template<> struct is_arithmetic<__m256i> { enum { value = true }; };
+template<> struct is_arithmetic<__m256d> { enum { value = true }; };
+template<> struct is_arithmetic<Packet8h> { enum { value = true }; };
+template<> struct is_arithmetic<Packet8bf> { enum { value = true }; };
+
+#define _EIGEN_DECLARE_CONST_Packet8f(NAME,X) \
+  const Packet8f p8f_##NAME = pset1<Packet8f>(X)
+
+#define _EIGEN_DECLARE_CONST_Packet4d(NAME,X) \
+  const Packet4d p4d_##NAME = pset1<Packet4d>(X)
+
+#define _EIGEN_DECLARE_CONST_Packet8f_FROM_INT(NAME,X) \
+  const Packet8f p8f_##NAME = _mm256_castsi256_ps(pset1<Packet8i>(X))
+
+#define _EIGEN_DECLARE_CONST_Packet8i(NAME,X) \
+  const Packet8i p8i_##NAME = pset1<Packet8i>(X)
+
+// Use the packet_traits defined in AVX512/PacketMath.h instead if we're going
+// to leverage AVX512 instructions.
+#ifndef EIGEN_VECTORIZE_AVX512
+template<> struct packet_traits<float>  : default_packet_traits
+{
+  typedef Packet8f type;
+  typedef Packet4f half;
+  enum {
+    Vectorizable = 1,
+    AlignedOnScalar = 1,
+    size = 8,
+    HasHalfPacket = 1,
+
+    HasCmp  = 1,
+    HasDiv = 1,
+    HasSin = EIGEN_FAST_MATH,
+    HasCos = EIGEN_FAST_MATH,
+    HasLog = 1,
+    HasLog1p = 1,
+    HasExpm1 = 1,
+    HasExp = 1,
+    HasNdtri = 1,
+    HasBessel = 1,
+    HasSqrt = 1,
+    HasRsqrt = 1,
+    HasTanh = EIGEN_FAST_MATH,
+    HasErf = EIGEN_FAST_MATH,
+    HasBlend = 1,
+    HasRound = 1,
+    HasFloor = 1,
+    HasCeil = 1,
+    HasRint = 1
+  };
+};
+template<> struct packet_traits<double> : default_packet_traits
+{
+  typedef Packet4d type;
+  typedef Packet2d half;
+  enum {
+    Vectorizable = 1,
+    AlignedOnScalar = 1,
+    size=4,
+    HasHalfPacket = 1,
+
+    HasCmp  = 1,
+    HasDiv  = 1,
+    HasLog  = 1,
+    HasExp  = 1,
+    HasSqrt = 1,
+    HasRsqrt = 1,
+    HasBlend = 1,
+    HasRound = 1,
+    HasFloor = 1,
+    HasCeil = 1,
+    HasRint = 1
+  };
+};
+
+template <>
+struct packet_traits<Eigen::half> : default_packet_traits {
+  typedef Packet8h type;
+  // There is no half-size packet for Packet8h.
+  typedef Packet8h half;
+  enum {
+    Vectorizable = 1,
+    AlignedOnScalar = 1,
+    size = 8,
+    HasHalfPacket = 0,
+
+    HasCmp    = 1,
+    HasAdd    = 1,
+    HasSub    = 1,
+    HasMul    = 1,
+    HasDiv    = 1,
+    HasSin    = EIGEN_FAST_MATH,
+    HasCos    = EIGEN_FAST_MATH,
+    HasNegate = 1,
+    HasAbs    = 1,
+    HasAbs2   = 0,
+    HasMin    = 1,
+    HasMax    = 1,
+    HasConj   = 1,
+    HasSetLinear = 0,
+    HasLog    = 1,
+    HasLog1p  = 1,
+    HasExpm1  = 1,
+    HasExp    = 1,
+    HasSqrt   = 1,
+    HasRsqrt  = 1,
+    HasTanh   = EIGEN_FAST_MATH,
+    HasErf    = EIGEN_FAST_MATH,
+    HasBlend  = 0,
+    HasRound  = 1,
+    HasFloor  = 1,
+    HasCeil   = 1,
+    HasRint   = 1,
+    HasBessel = 1,
+    HasNdtri  = 1
+  };
+};
+
+template <>
+struct packet_traits<bfloat16> : default_packet_traits {
+  typedef Packet8bf type;
+  // There is no half-size packet for current Packet8bf.
+  // TODO: support as SSE path.
+  typedef Packet8bf half;
+  enum {
+    Vectorizable = 1,
+    AlignedOnScalar = 1,
+    size = 8,
+    HasHalfPacket = 0,
+
+    HasCmp = 1,
+    HasAdd = 1,
+    HasSub = 1,
+    HasMul = 1,
+    HasDiv = 1,
+    HasSin = EIGEN_FAST_MATH,
+    HasCos = EIGEN_FAST_MATH,
+    HasNegate = 1,
+    HasAbs    = 1,
+    HasAbs2   = 0,
+    HasMin    = 1,
+    HasMax    = 1,
+    HasConj   = 1,
+    HasSetLinear = 0,
+    HasLog = 1,
+    HasLog1p  = 1,
+    HasExpm1  = 1,
+    HasExp = 1,
+    HasSqrt = 1,
+    HasRsqrt = 1,
+    HasTanh = EIGEN_FAST_MATH,
+    HasErf = EIGEN_FAST_MATH,
+    HasBlend = 0,
+    HasRound = 1,
+    HasFloor = 1,
+    HasCeil = 1,
+    HasRint = 1,
+    HasBessel = 1,
+    HasNdtri  = 1
+  };
+};
+#endif
+
+template<> struct scalar_div_cost<float,true> { enum { value = 14 }; };
+template<> struct scalar_div_cost<double,true> { enum { value = 16 }; };
+
+/* Proper support for integers is only provided by AVX2. In the meantime, we'll
+   use SSE instructions and packets to deal with integers.
+template<> struct packet_traits<int>    : default_packet_traits
+{
+  typedef Packet8i type;
+  enum {
+    Vectorizable = 1,
+    AlignedOnScalar = 1,
+    size=8
+  };
+};
+*/
+
+template<> struct unpacket_traits<Packet8f> {
+  typedef float     type;
+  typedef Packet4f  half;
+  typedef Packet8i  integer_packet;
+  typedef uint8_t   mask_t;
+  enum {size=8, alignment=Aligned32, vectorizable=true, masked_load_available=true, masked_store_available=true};
+};
+template<> struct unpacket_traits<Packet4d> {
+  typedef double type;
+  typedef Packet2d half;
+  enum {size=4, alignment=Aligned32, vectorizable=true, masked_load_available=false, masked_store_available=false};
+};
+template<> struct unpacket_traits<Packet8i> { typedef int    type; typedef Packet4i half; enum {size=8, alignment=Aligned32, vectorizable=false, masked_load_available=false, masked_store_available=false}; };
+template<> struct unpacket_traits<Packet8bf> { typedef bfloat16 type; typedef Packet8bf half; enum {size=8, alignment=Aligned16, vectorizable=true, masked_load_available=false, masked_store_available=false}; };
+
+// Helper function for bit packing snippet of low precision comparison.
+// It packs the flags from 16x16 to 8x16.
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE __m128i Pack16To8(Packet8f rf) {
+  return _mm_packs_epi32(_mm256_extractf128_si256(_mm256_castps_si256(rf), 0),
+                         _mm256_extractf128_si256(_mm256_castps_si256(rf), 1));
+}
+
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pset1<Packet8f>(const float&  from) { return _mm256_set1_ps(from); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pset1<Packet4d>(const double& from) { return _mm256_set1_pd(from); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8i pset1<Packet8i>(const int&    from) { return _mm256_set1_epi32(from); }
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pset1frombits<Packet8f>(unsigned int from) { return _mm256_castsi256_ps(pset1<Packet8i>(from)); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pset1frombits<Packet4d>(uint64_t from) { return _mm256_castsi256_pd(_mm256_set1_epi64x(from)); }
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pzero(const Packet8f& /*a*/) { return _mm256_setzero_ps(); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pzero(const Packet4d& /*a*/) { return _mm256_setzero_pd(); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8i pzero(const Packet8i& /*a*/) { return _mm256_setzero_si256(); }
+
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f peven_mask(const Packet8f& /*a*/) { return _mm256_castsi256_ps(_mm256_set_epi32(0, -1, 0, -1, 0, -1, 0, -1)); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8i peven_mask(const Packet8i& /*a*/) { return _mm256_set_epi32(0, -1, 0, -1, 0, -1, 0, -1); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d peven_mask(const Packet4d& /*a*/) { return _mm256_castsi256_pd(_mm256_set_epi32(0, 0, -1, -1, 0, 0, -1, -1)); }
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pload1<Packet8f>(const float*  from) { return _mm256_broadcast_ss(from); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pload1<Packet4d>(const double* from) { return _mm256_broadcast_sd(from); }
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f plset<Packet8f>(const float& a) { return _mm256_add_ps(_mm256_set1_ps(a), _mm256_set_ps(7.0,6.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0.0)); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d plset<Packet4d>(const double& a) { return _mm256_add_pd(_mm256_set1_pd(a), _mm256_set_pd(3.0,2.0,1.0,0.0)); }
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f padd<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a, const Packet8f& b) { return _mm256_add_ps(a,b); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d padd<Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a, const Packet4d& b) { return _mm256_add_pd(a,b); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8i padd<Packet8i>(const Packet8i& a, const Packet8i& b) {
+#ifdef EIGEN_VECTORIZE_AVX2
+  return _mm256_add_epi32(a,b);
+#else
+  __m128i lo = _mm_add_epi32(_mm256_extractf128_si256(a, 0), _mm256_extractf128_si256(b, 0));
+  __m128i hi = _mm_add_epi32(_mm256_extractf128_si256(a, 1), _mm256_extractf128_si256(b, 1));
+  return _mm256_insertf128_si256(_mm256_castsi128_si256(lo), (hi), 1);
+#endif
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f psub<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a, const Packet8f& b) { return _mm256_sub_ps(a,b); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d psub<Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a, const Packet4d& b) { return _mm256_sub_pd(a,b); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8i psub<Packet8i>(const Packet8i& a, const Packet8i& b) {
+#ifdef EIGEN_VECTORIZE_AVX2
+  return _mm256_sub_epi32(a,b);
+#else
+  __m128i lo = _mm_sub_epi32(_mm256_extractf128_si256(a, 0), _mm256_extractf128_si256(b, 0));
+  __m128i hi = _mm_sub_epi32(_mm256_extractf128_si256(a, 1), _mm256_extractf128_si256(b, 1));
+  return _mm256_insertf128_si256(_mm256_castsi128_si256(lo), (hi), 1);
+#endif
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pnegate(const Packet8f& a)
+{
+  return _mm256_sub_ps(_mm256_set1_ps(0.0),a);
+}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pnegate(const Packet4d& a)
+{
+  return _mm256_sub_pd(_mm256_set1_pd(0.0),a);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pconj(const Packet8f& a) { return a; }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pconj(const Packet4d& a) { return a; }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8i pconj(const Packet8i& a) { return a; }
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pmul<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a, const Packet8f& b) { return _mm256_mul_ps(a,b); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pmul<Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a, const Packet4d& b) { return _mm256_mul_pd(a,b); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8i pmul<Packet8i>(const Packet8i& a, const Packet8i& b) {
+#ifdef EIGEN_VECTORIZE_AVX2
+  return _mm256_mullo_epi32(a,b);
+#else
+  const __m128i lo = _mm_mullo_epi32(_mm256_extractf128_si256(a, 0), _mm256_extractf128_si256(b, 0));
+  const __m128i hi = _mm_mullo_epi32(_mm256_extractf128_si256(a, 1), _mm256_extractf128_si256(b, 1));
+  return _mm256_insertf128_si256(_mm256_castsi128_si256(lo), (hi), 1);
+#endif
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pdiv<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a, const Packet8f& b) { return _mm256_div_ps(a,b); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pdiv<Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a, const Packet4d& b) { return _mm256_div_pd(a,b); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8i pdiv<Packet8i>(const Packet8i& /*a*/, const Packet8i& /*b*/)
+{ eigen_assert(false && "packet integer division are not supported by AVX");
+  return pset1<Packet8i>(0);
+}
+
+#ifdef EIGEN_VECTORIZE_FMA
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pmadd(const Packet8f& a, const Packet8f& b, const Packet8f& c) {
+#if ( (EIGEN_COMP_GNUC_STRICT && EIGEN_COMP_GNUC<80) || (EIGEN_COMP_CLANG) )
+  // Clang stupidly generates a vfmadd213ps instruction plus some vmovaps on registers,
+  //  and even register spilling with clang>=6.0 (bug 1637).
+  // Gcc stupidly generates a vfmadd132ps instruction.
+  // So let's enforce it to generate a vfmadd231ps instruction since the most common use
+  //  case is to accumulate the result of the product.
+  Packet8f res = c;
+  __asm__("vfmadd231ps %[a], %[b], %[c]" : [c] "+x" (res) : [a] "x" (a), [b] "x" (b));
+  return res;
+#else
+  return _mm256_fmadd_ps(a,b,c);
+#endif
+}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pmadd(const Packet4d& a, const Packet4d& b, const Packet4d& c) {
+#if ( (EIGEN_COMP_GNUC_STRICT && EIGEN_COMP_GNUC<80) || (EIGEN_COMP_CLANG) )
+  // see above
+  Packet4d res = c;
+  __asm__("vfmadd231pd %[a], %[b], %[c]" : [c] "+x" (res) : [a] "x" (a), [b] "x" (b));
+  return res;
+#else
+  return _mm256_fmadd_pd(a,b,c);
+#endif
+}
+#endif
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pcmp_le(const Packet8f& a, const Packet8f& b) { return _mm256_cmp_ps(a,b,_CMP_LE_OQ); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pcmp_lt(const Packet8f& a, const Packet8f& b) { return _mm256_cmp_ps(a,b,_CMP_LT_OQ); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pcmp_lt_or_nan(const Packet8f& a, const Packet8f& b) { return _mm256_cmp_ps(a, b, _CMP_NGE_UQ); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pcmp_eq(const Packet8f& a, const Packet8f& b) { return _mm256_cmp_ps(a,b,_CMP_EQ_OQ); }
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pcmp_le(const Packet4d& a, const Packet4d& b) { return _mm256_cmp_pd(a,b,_CMP_LE_OQ); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pcmp_lt(const Packet4d& a, const Packet4d& b) { return _mm256_cmp_pd(a,b,_CMP_LT_OQ); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pcmp_lt_or_nan(const Packet4d& a, const Packet4d& b) { return _mm256_cmp_pd(a, b, _CMP_NGE_UQ); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pcmp_eq(const Packet4d& a, const Packet4d& b) { return _mm256_cmp_pd(a,b,_CMP_EQ_OQ); }
+
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8i pcmp_eq(const Packet8i& a, const Packet8i& b) {
+#ifdef EIGEN_VECTORIZE_AVX2
+  return _mm256_cmpeq_epi32(a,b);
+#else
+  __m128i lo = _mm_cmpeq_epi32(_mm256_extractf128_si256(a, 0), _mm256_extractf128_si256(b, 0));
+  __m128i hi = _mm_cmpeq_epi32(_mm256_extractf128_si256(a, 1), _mm256_extractf128_si256(b, 1));
+  return _mm256_insertf128_si256(_mm256_castsi128_si256(lo), (hi), 1);
+#endif
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pmin<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a, const Packet8f& b) {
+#if EIGEN_COMP_GNUC && EIGEN_COMP_GNUC < 63
+  // There appears to be a bug in GCC, by which the optimizer may flip
+  // the argument order in calls to _mm_min_ps/_mm_max_ps, so we have to
+  // resort to inline ASM here. This is supposed to be fixed in gcc6.3,
+  // see also: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=72867
+  Packet8f res;
+  asm("vminps %[a], %[b], %[res]" : [res] "=x" (res) : [a] "x" (a), [b] "x" (b));
+  return res;
+#else
+  // Arguments are swapped to match NaN propagation behavior of std::min.
+  return _mm256_min_ps(b,a);
+#endif
+}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pmin<Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a, const Packet4d& b) {
+#if EIGEN_COMP_GNUC && EIGEN_COMP_GNUC < 63
+  // See pmin above
+  Packet4d res;
+  asm("vminpd %[a], %[b], %[res]" : [res] "=x" (res) : [a] "x" (a), [b] "x" (b));
+  return res;
+#else
+  // Arguments are swapped to match NaN propagation behavior of std::min.
+  return _mm256_min_pd(b,a);
+#endif
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pmax<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a, const Packet8f& b) {
+#if EIGEN_COMP_GNUC && EIGEN_COMP_GNUC < 63
+  // See pmin above
+  Packet8f res;
+  asm("vmaxps %[a], %[b], %[res]" : [res] "=x" (res) : [a] "x" (a), [b] "x" (b));
+  return res;
+#else
+  // Arguments are swapped to match NaN propagation behavior of std::max.
+  return _mm256_max_ps(b,a);
+#endif
+}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pmax<Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a, const Packet4d& b) {
+#if EIGEN_COMP_GNUC && EIGEN_COMP_GNUC < 63
+  // See pmin above
+  Packet4d res;
+  asm("vmaxpd %[a], %[b], %[res]" : [res] "=x" (res) : [a] "x" (a), [b] "x" (b));
+  return res;
+#else
+  // Arguments are swapped to match NaN propagation behavior of std::max.
+  return _mm256_max_pd(b,a);
+#endif
+}
+
+// Add specializations for min/max with prescribed NaN progation.
+template<>
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pmin<PropagateNumbers, Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a, const Packet8f& b) {
+  return pminmax_propagate_numbers(a, b, pmin<Packet8f>);
+}
+template<>
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pmin<PropagateNumbers, Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a, const Packet4d& b) {
+  return pminmax_propagate_numbers(a, b, pmin<Packet4d>);
+}
+template<>
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pmax<PropagateNumbers, Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a, const Packet8f& b) {
+  return pminmax_propagate_numbers(a, b, pmax<Packet8f>);
+}
+template<>
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pmax<PropagateNumbers, Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a, const Packet4d& b) {
+  return pminmax_propagate_numbers(a, b, pmax<Packet4d>);
+}
+template<>
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pmin<PropagateNaN, Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a, const Packet8f& b) {
+  return pminmax_propagate_nan(a, b, pmin<Packet8f>);
+}
+template<>
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pmin<PropagateNaN, Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a, const Packet4d& b) {
+  return pminmax_propagate_nan(a, b, pmin<Packet4d>);
+}
+template<>
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pmax<PropagateNaN, Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a, const Packet8f& b) {
+  return pminmax_propagate_nan(a, b, pmax<Packet8f>);
+}
+template<>
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pmax<PropagateNaN, Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a, const Packet4d& b) {
+  return pminmax_propagate_nan(a, b, pmax<Packet4d>);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f print<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a) { return _mm256_round_ps(a, _MM_FROUND_CUR_DIRECTION); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d print<Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a) { return _mm256_round_pd(a, _MM_FROUND_CUR_DIRECTION); }
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pceil<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a) { return _mm256_ceil_ps(a); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pceil<Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a) { return _mm256_ceil_pd(a); }
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pfloor<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a) { return _mm256_floor_ps(a); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pfloor<Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a) { return _mm256_floor_pd(a); }
+
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8i ptrue<Packet8i>(const Packet8i& a) {
+#ifdef EIGEN_VECTORIZE_AVX2
+  // vpcmpeqd has lower latency than the more general vcmpps
+  return _mm256_cmpeq_epi32(a,a);
+#else
+  const __m256 b = _mm256_castsi256_ps(a);
+  return _mm256_castps_si256(_mm256_cmp_ps(b,b,_CMP_TRUE_UQ));
+#endif
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f ptrue<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a) {
+#ifdef EIGEN_VECTORIZE_AVX2
+  // vpcmpeqd has lower latency than the more general vcmpps
+  const __m256i b = _mm256_castps_si256(a);
+  return _mm256_castsi256_ps(_mm256_cmpeq_epi32(b,b));
+#else
+  return _mm256_cmp_ps(a,a,_CMP_TRUE_UQ);
+#endif
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d ptrue<Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a) {
+#ifdef EIGEN_VECTORIZE_AVX2
+  // vpcmpeqq has lower latency than the more general vcmppd
+  const __m256i b = _mm256_castpd_si256(a);
+  return _mm256_castsi256_pd(_mm256_cmpeq_epi64(b,b));
+#else
+  return _mm256_cmp_pd(a,a,_CMP_TRUE_UQ);
+#endif
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pand<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a, const Packet8f& b) { return _mm256_and_ps(a,b); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pand<Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a, const Packet4d& b) { return _mm256_and_pd(a,b); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8i pand<Packet8i>(const Packet8i& a, const Packet8i& b) {
+#ifdef EIGEN_VECTORIZE_AVX2
+  return _mm256_and_si256(a,b);
+#else
+  return _mm256_castps_si256(_mm256_and_ps(_mm256_castsi256_ps(a),_mm256_castsi256_ps(b)));
+#endif
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f por<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a, const Packet8f& b) { return _mm256_or_ps(a,b); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d por<Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a, const Packet4d& b) { return _mm256_or_pd(a,b); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8i por<Packet8i>(const Packet8i& a, const Packet8i& b) {
+#ifdef EIGEN_VECTORIZE_AVX2
+  return _mm256_or_si256(a,b);
+#else
+  return _mm256_castps_si256(_mm256_or_ps(_mm256_castsi256_ps(a),_mm256_castsi256_ps(b)));
+#endif
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pxor<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a, const Packet8f& b) { return _mm256_xor_ps(a,b); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pxor<Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a, const Packet4d& b) { return _mm256_xor_pd(a,b); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8i pxor<Packet8i>(const Packet8i& a, const Packet8i& b) {
+#ifdef EIGEN_VECTORIZE_AVX2
+  return _mm256_xor_si256(a,b);
+#else
+  return _mm256_castps_si256(_mm256_xor_ps(_mm256_castsi256_ps(a),_mm256_castsi256_ps(b)));
+#endif
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pandnot<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a, const Packet8f& b) { return _mm256_andnot_ps(b,a); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pandnot<Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a, const Packet4d& b) { return _mm256_andnot_pd(b,a); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8i pandnot<Packet8i>(const Packet8i& a, const Packet8i& b) {
+#ifdef EIGEN_VECTORIZE_AVX2
+  return _mm256_andnot_si256(b,a);
+#else
+  return _mm256_castps_si256(_mm256_andnot_ps(_mm256_castsi256_ps(b),_mm256_castsi256_ps(a)));
+#endif
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pround<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a)
+{
+  const Packet8f mask = pset1frombits<Packet8f>(static_cast<numext::uint32_t>(0x80000000u));
+  const Packet8f prev0dot5 = pset1frombits<Packet8f>(static_cast<numext::uint32_t>(0x3EFFFFFFu));
+  return _mm256_round_ps(padd(por(pand(a, mask), prev0dot5), a), _MM_FROUND_TO_ZERO);
+}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pround<Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a)
+{
+  const Packet4d mask = pset1frombits<Packet4d>(static_cast<numext::uint64_t>(0x8000000000000000ull));
+  const Packet4d prev0dot5 = pset1frombits<Packet4d>(static_cast<numext::uint64_t>(0x3FDFFFFFFFFFFFFFull));
+  return _mm256_round_pd(padd(por(pand(a, mask), prev0dot5), a), _MM_FROUND_TO_ZERO);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pselect<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& mask, const Packet8f& a, const Packet8f& b)
+{ return _mm256_blendv_ps(b,a,mask); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pselect<Packet4d>(const Packet4d& mask, const Packet4d& a, const Packet4d& b)
+{ return _mm256_blendv_pd(b,a,mask); }
+
+template<int N> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8i parithmetic_shift_right(Packet8i a) {
+#ifdef EIGEN_VECTORIZE_AVX2
+  return _mm256_srai_epi32(a, N);
+#else
+  __m128i lo = _mm_srai_epi32(_mm256_extractf128_si256(a, 0), N);
+  __m128i hi = _mm_srai_epi32(_mm256_extractf128_si256(a, 1), N);
+  return _mm256_insertf128_si256(_mm256_castsi128_si256(lo), (hi), 1);
+#endif
+}
+
+template<int N> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8i plogical_shift_right(Packet8i a) {
+#ifdef EIGEN_VECTORIZE_AVX2
+  return _mm256_srli_epi32(a, N);
+#else
+  __m128i lo = _mm_srli_epi32(_mm256_extractf128_si256(a, 0), N);
+  __m128i hi = _mm_srli_epi32(_mm256_extractf128_si256(a, 1), N);
+  return _mm256_insertf128_si256(_mm256_castsi128_si256(lo), (hi), 1);
+#endif
+}
+
+template<int N> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8i plogical_shift_left(Packet8i a) {
+#ifdef EIGEN_VECTORIZE_AVX2
+  return _mm256_slli_epi32(a, N);
+#else
+  __m128i lo = _mm_slli_epi32(_mm256_extractf128_si256(a, 0), N);
+  __m128i hi = _mm_slli_epi32(_mm256_extractf128_si256(a, 1), N);
+  return _mm256_insertf128_si256(_mm256_castsi128_si256(lo), (hi), 1);
+#endif
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pload<Packet8f>(const float*   from) { EIGEN_DEBUG_ALIGNED_LOAD return _mm256_load_ps(from); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pload<Packet4d>(const double*  from) { EIGEN_DEBUG_ALIGNED_LOAD return _mm256_load_pd(from); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8i pload<Packet8i>(const int*     from) { EIGEN_DEBUG_ALIGNED_LOAD return _mm256_load_si256(reinterpret_cast<const __m256i*>(from)); }
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f ploadu<Packet8f>(const float* from) { EIGEN_DEBUG_UNALIGNED_LOAD return _mm256_loadu_ps(from); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d ploadu<Packet4d>(const double* from) { EIGEN_DEBUG_UNALIGNED_LOAD return _mm256_loadu_pd(from); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8i ploadu<Packet8i>(const int* from) { EIGEN_DEBUG_UNALIGNED_LOAD return _mm256_loadu_si256(reinterpret_cast<const __m256i*>(from)); }
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f ploadu<Packet8f>(const float* from, uint8_t umask) {
+  Packet8i mask = _mm256_set1_epi8(static_cast<char>(umask));
+  const Packet8i bit_mask = _mm256_set_epi32(0xffffff7f, 0xffffffbf, 0xffffffdf, 0xffffffef, 0xfffffff7, 0xfffffffb, 0xfffffffd, 0xfffffffe);
+  mask = por<Packet8i>(mask, bit_mask);
+  mask = pcmp_eq<Packet8i>(mask, _mm256_set1_epi32(0xffffffff));
+  EIGEN_DEBUG_UNALIGNED_LOAD return _mm256_maskload_ps(from, mask);
+}
+
+// Loads 4 floats from memory a returns the packet {a0, a0  a1, a1, a2, a2, a3, a3}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f ploaddup<Packet8f>(const float* from)
+{
+  // TODO try to find a way to avoid the need of a temporary register
+//   Packet8f tmp  = _mm256_castps128_ps256(_mm_loadu_ps(from));
+//   tmp = _mm256_insertf128_ps(tmp, _mm_movehl_ps(_mm256_castps256_ps128(tmp),_mm256_castps256_ps128(tmp)), 1);
+//   return _mm256_unpacklo_ps(tmp,tmp);
+
+  // _mm256_insertf128_ps is very slow on Haswell, thus:
+  Packet8f tmp = _mm256_broadcast_ps((const __m128*)(const void*)from);
+  // mimic an "inplace" permutation of the lower 128bits using a blend
+  tmp = _mm256_blend_ps(tmp,_mm256_castps128_ps256(_mm_permute_ps( _mm256_castps256_ps128(tmp), _MM_SHUFFLE(1,0,1,0))), 15);
+  // then we can perform a consistent permutation on the global register to get everything in shape:
+  return  _mm256_permute_ps(tmp, _MM_SHUFFLE(3,3,2,2));
+}
+// Loads 2 doubles from memory a returns the packet {a0, a0  a1, a1}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d ploaddup<Packet4d>(const double* from)
+{
+  Packet4d tmp = _mm256_broadcast_pd((const __m128d*)(const void*)from);
+  return  _mm256_permute_pd(tmp, 3<<2);
+}
+
+// Loads 2 floats from memory a returns the packet {a0, a0  a0, a0, a1, a1, a1, a1}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f ploadquad<Packet8f>(const float* from)
+{
+  Packet8f tmp = _mm256_castps128_ps256(_mm_broadcast_ss(from));
+  return _mm256_insertf128_ps(tmp, _mm_broadcast_ss(from+1), 1);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pstore<float>(float*   to, const Packet8f& from) { EIGEN_DEBUG_ALIGNED_STORE _mm256_store_ps(to, from); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pstore<double>(double* to, const Packet4d& from) { EIGEN_DEBUG_ALIGNED_STORE _mm256_store_pd(to, from); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pstore<int>(int*       to, const Packet8i& from) { EIGEN_DEBUG_ALIGNED_STORE _mm256_storeu_si256(reinterpret_cast<__m256i*>(to), from); }
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pstoreu<float>(float*   to, const Packet8f& from) { EIGEN_DEBUG_UNALIGNED_STORE _mm256_storeu_ps(to, from); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pstoreu<double>(double* to, const Packet4d& from) { EIGEN_DEBUG_UNALIGNED_STORE _mm256_storeu_pd(to, from); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pstoreu<int>(int*       to, const Packet8i& from) { EIGEN_DEBUG_UNALIGNED_STORE _mm256_storeu_si256(reinterpret_cast<__m256i*>(to), from); }
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pstoreu<float>(float*   to, const Packet8f& from, uint8_t umask) {
+  Packet8i mask = _mm256_set1_epi8(static_cast<char>(umask));
+  const Packet8i bit_mask = _mm256_set_epi32(0xffffff7f, 0xffffffbf, 0xffffffdf, 0xffffffef, 0xfffffff7, 0xfffffffb, 0xfffffffd, 0xfffffffe);
+  mask = por<Packet8i>(mask, bit_mask);
+  mask = pcmp_eq<Packet8i>(mask, _mm256_set1_epi32(0xffffffff));
+  EIGEN_DEBUG_UNALIGNED_STORE return _mm256_maskstore_ps(to, mask, from);
+}
+
+// NOTE: leverage _mm256_i32gather_ps and _mm256_i32gather_pd if AVX2 instructions are available
+// NOTE: for the record the following seems to be slower: return _mm256_i32gather_ps(from, _mm256_set1_epi32(stride), 4);
+template<> EIGEN_DEVICE_FUNC inline Packet8f pgather<float, Packet8f>(const float* from, Index stride)
+{
+  return _mm256_set_ps(from[7*stride], from[6*stride], from[5*stride], from[4*stride],
+                       from[3*stride], from[2*stride], from[1*stride], from[0*stride]);
+}
+template<> EIGEN_DEVICE_FUNC inline Packet4d pgather<double, Packet4d>(const double* from, Index stride)
+{
+  return _mm256_set_pd(from[3*stride], from[2*stride], from[1*stride], from[0*stride]);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_DEVICE_FUNC inline void pscatter<float, Packet8f>(float* to, const Packet8f& from, Index stride)
+{
+  __m128 low = _mm256_extractf128_ps(from, 0);
+  to[stride*0] = _mm_cvtss_f32(low);
+  to[stride*1] = _mm_cvtss_f32(_mm_shuffle_ps(low, low, 1));
+  to[stride*2] = _mm_cvtss_f32(_mm_shuffle_ps(low, low, 2));
+  to[stride*3] = _mm_cvtss_f32(_mm_shuffle_ps(low, low, 3));
+
+  __m128 high = _mm256_extractf128_ps(from, 1);
+  to[stride*4] = _mm_cvtss_f32(high);
+  to[stride*5] = _mm_cvtss_f32(_mm_shuffle_ps(high, high, 1));
+  to[stride*6] = _mm_cvtss_f32(_mm_shuffle_ps(high, high, 2));
+  to[stride*7] = _mm_cvtss_f32(_mm_shuffle_ps(high, high, 3));
+}
+template<> EIGEN_DEVICE_FUNC inline void pscatter<double, Packet4d>(double* to, const Packet4d& from, Index stride)
+{
+  __m128d low = _mm256_extractf128_pd(from, 0);
+  to[stride*0] = _mm_cvtsd_f64(low);
+  to[stride*1] = _mm_cvtsd_f64(_mm_shuffle_pd(low, low, 1));
+  __m128d high = _mm256_extractf128_pd(from, 1);
+  to[stride*2] = _mm_cvtsd_f64(high);
+  to[stride*3] = _mm_cvtsd_f64(_mm_shuffle_pd(high, high, 1));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pstore1<Packet8f>(float* to, const float& a)
+{
+  Packet8f pa = pset1<Packet8f>(a);
+  pstore(to, pa);
+}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pstore1<Packet4d>(double* to, const double& a)
+{
+  Packet4d pa = pset1<Packet4d>(a);
+  pstore(to, pa);
+}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pstore1<Packet8i>(int* to, const int& a)
+{
+  Packet8i pa = pset1<Packet8i>(a);
+  pstore(to, pa);
+}
+
+#ifndef EIGEN_VECTORIZE_AVX512
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void prefetch<float>(const float*   addr) { _mm_prefetch((SsePrefetchPtrType)(addr), _MM_HINT_T0); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void prefetch<double>(const double* addr) { _mm_prefetch((SsePrefetchPtrType)(addr), _MM_HINT_T0); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void prefetch<int>(const int*       addr) { _mm_prefetch((SsePrefetchPtrType)(addr), _MM_HINT_T0); }
+#endif
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE float  pfirst<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a) {
+  return _mm_cvtss_f32(_mm256_castps256_ps128(a));
+}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE double pfirst<Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a) {
+  return _mm_cvtsd_f64(_mm256_castpd256_pd128(a));
+}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE int    pfirst<Packet8i>(const Packet8i& a) {
+  return _mm_cvtsi128_si32(_mm256_castsi256_si128(a));
+}
+
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f preverse(const Packet8f& a)
+{
+  __m256 tmp = _mm256_shuffle_ps(a,a,0x1b);
+  return _mm256_permute2f128_ps(tmp, tmp, 1);
+}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d preverse(const Packet4d& a)
+{
+   __m256d tmp = _mm256_shuffle_pd(a,a,5);
+  return _mm256_permute2f128_pd(tmp, tmp, 1);
+  #if 0
+  // This version is unlikely to be faster as _mm256_shuffle_ps and _mm256_permute_pd
+  // exhibit the same latency/throughput, but it is here for future reference/benchmarking...
+  __m256d swap_halves = _mm256_permute2f128_pd(a,a,1);
+    return _mm256_permute_pd(swap_halves,5);
+  #endif
+}
+
+// pabs should be ok
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pabs(const Packet8f& a)
+{
+  const Packet8f mask = _mm256_castsi256_ps(_mm256_setr_epi32(0x7FFFFFFF,0x7FFFFFFF,0x7FFFFFFF,0x7FFFFFFF,0x7FFFFFFF,0x7FFFFFFF,0x7FFFFFFF,0x7FFFFFFF));
+  return _mm256_and_ps(a,mask);
+}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pabs(const Packet4d& a)
+{
+  const Packet4d mask = _mm256_castsi256_pd(_mm256_setr_epi32(0xFFFFFFFF,0x7FFFFFFF,0xFFFFFFFF,0x7FFFFFFF,0xFFFFFFFF,0x7FFFFFFF,0xFFFFFFFF,0x7FFFFFFF));
+  return _mm256_and_pd(a,mask);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pfrexp<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a, Packet8f& exponent) {
+  return pfrexp_generic(a,exponent);
+}
+
+// Extract exponent without existence of Packet4l.
+template<>
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE  
+Packet4d pfrexp_generic_get_biased_exponent(const Packet4d& a) {
+  const Packet4d cst_exp_mask  = pset1frombits<Packet4d>(static_cast<uint64_t>(0x7ff0000000000000ull));
+  __m256i a_expo = _mm256_castpd_si256(pand(a, cst_exp_mask));
+#ifdef EIGEN_VECTORIZE_AVX2
+  a_expo = _mm256_srli_epi64(a_expo, 52);
+  __m128i lo = _mm256_extractf128_si256(a_expo, 0);
+  __m128i hi = _mm256_extractf128_si256(a_expo, 1);
+#else
+  __m128i lo = _mm256_extractf128_si256(a_expo, 0);
+  __m128i hi = _mm256_extractf128_si256(a_expo, 1);
+  lo = _mm_srli_epi64(lo, 52);
+  hi = _mm_srli_epi64(hi, 52);
+#endif
+  Packet2d exponent_lo = _mm_cvtepi32_pd(vec4i_swizzle1(lo, 0, 2, 1, 3));
+  Packet2d exponent_hi = _mm_cvtepi32_pd(vec4i_swizzle1(hi, 0, 2, 1, 3));
+  Packet4d exponent = _mm256_insertf128_pd(_mm256_setzero_pd(), exponent_lo, 0);
+  exponent = _mm256_insertf128_pd(exponent, exponent_hi, 1);
+  return exponent;
+}
+
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pfrexp<Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a, Packet4d& exponent) {
+  return pfrexp_generic(a, exponent);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pldexp<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a, const Packet8f& exponent) {
+  return pldexp_generic(a, exponent);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pldexp<Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a, const Packet4d& exponent) {
+  // Clamp exponent to [-2099, 2099]
+  const Packet4d max_exponent = pset1<Packet4d>(2099.0);
+  const Packet4i e = _mm256_cvtpd_epi32(pmin(pmax(exponent, pnegate(max_exponent)), max_exponent));
+  
+  // Split 2^e into four factors and multiply.
+  const Packet4i bias = pset1<Packet4i>(1023);
+  Packet4i b = parithmetic_shift_right<2>(e);  // floor(e/4)
+  
+  // 2^b
+  Packet4i hi = vec4i_swizzle1(padd(b, bias), 0, 2, 1, 3);
+  Packet4i lo = _mm_slli_epi64(hi, 52);
+  hi = _mm_slli_epi64(_mm_srli_epi64(hi, 32), 52);
+  Packet4d c = _mm256_castsi256_pd(_mm256_insertf128_si256(_mm256_castsi128_si256(lo), hi, 1));
+  Packet4d out = pmul(pmul(pmul(a, c), c), c);  // a * 2^(3b)
+  
+  // 2^(e - 3b)
+  b = psub(psub(psub(e, b), b), b);  // e - 3b
+  hi = vec4i_swizzle1(padd(b, bias), 0, 2, 1, 3);
+  lo = _mm_slli_epi64(hi, 52);
+  hi = _mm_slli_epi64(_mm_srli_epi64(hi, 32), 52);
+  c = _mm256_castsi256_pd(_mm256_insertf128_si256(_mm256_castsi128_si256(lo), hi, 1));
+  out = pmul(out, c); // a * 2^e
+  return out;
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE float predux<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a)
+{
+  return predux(Packet4f(_mm_add_ps(_mm256_castps256_ps128(a),_mm256_extractf128_ps(a,1))));
+}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE double predux<Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a)
+{
+  return predux(Packet2d(_mm_add_pd(_mm256_castpd256_pd128(a),_mm256_extractf128_pd(a,1))));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4f predux_half_dowto4<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a)
+{
+  return _mm_add_ps(_mm256_castps256_ps128(a),_mm256_extractf128_ps(a,1));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE float predux_mul<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a)
+{
+  Packet8f tmp;
+  tmp = _mm256_mul_ps(a, _mm256_permute2f128_ps(a,a,1));
+  tmp = _mm256_mul_ps(tmp, _mm256_shuffle_ps(tmp,tmp,_MM_SHUFFLE(1,0,3,2)));
+  return pfirst(_mm256_mul_ps(tmp, _mm256_shuffle_ps(tmp,tmp,1)));
+}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE double predux_mul<Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a)
+{
+  Packet4d tmp;
+  tmp = _mm256_mul_pd(a, _mm256_permute2f128_pd(a,a,1));
+  return pfirst(_mm256_mul_pd(tmp, _mm256_shuffle_pd(tmp,tmp,1)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE float predux_min<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a)
+{
+  Packet8f tmp = _mm256_min_ps(a, _mm256_permute2f128_ps(a,a,1));
+  tmp = _mm256_min_ps(tmp, _mm256_shuffle_ps(tmp,tmp,_MM_SHUFFLE(1,0,3,2)));
+  return pfirst(_mm256_min_ps(tmp, _mm256_shuffle_ps(tmp,tmp,1)));
+}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE double predux_min<Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a)
+{
+  Packet4d tmp = _mm256_min_pd(a, _mm256_permute2f128_pd(a,a,1));
+  return pfirst(_mm256_min_pd(tmp, _mm256_shuffle_pd(tmp, tmp, 1)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE float predux_max<Packet8f>(const Packet8f& a)
+{
+  Packet8f tmp = _mm256_max_ps(a, _mm256_permute2f128_ps(a,a,1));
+  tmp = _mm256_max_ps(tmp, _mm256_shuffle_ps(tmp,tmp,_MM_SHUFFLE(1,0,3,2)));
+  return pfirst(_mm256_max_ps(tmp, _mm256_shuffle_ps(tmp,tmp,1)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE double predux_max<Packet4d>(const Packet4d& a)
+{
+  Packet4d tmp = _mm256_max_pd(a, _mm256_permute2f128_pd(a,a,1));
+  return pfirst(_mm256_max_pd(tmp, _mm256_shuffle_pd(tmp, tmp, 1)));
+}
+
+// not needed yet
+// template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE bool predux_all(const Packet8f& x)
+// {
+//   return _mm256_movemask_ps(x)==0xFF;
+// }
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE bool predux_any(const Packet8f& x)
+{
+  return _mm256_movemask_ps(x)!=0;
+}
+
+EIGEN_DEVICE_FUNC inline void
+ptranspose(PacketBlock<Packet8f,8>& kernel) {
+  __m256 T0 = _mm256_unpacklo_ps(kernel.packet[0], kernel.packet[1]);
+  __m256 T1 = _mm256_unpackhi_ps(kernel.packet[0], kernel.packet[1]);
+  __m256 T2 = _mm256_unpacklo_ps(kernel.packet[2], kernel.packet[3]);
+  __m256 T3 = _mm256_unpackhi_ps(kernel.packet[2], kernel.packet[3]);
+  __m256 T4 = _mm256_unpacklo_ps(kernel.packet[4], kernel.packet[5]);
+  __m256 T5 = _mm256_unpackhi_ps(kernel.packet[4], kernel.packet[5]);
+  __m256 T6 = _mm256_unpacklo_ps(kernel.packet[6], kernel.packet[7]);
+  __m256 T7 = _mm256_unpackhi_ps(kernel.packet[6], kernel.packet[7]);
+  __m256 S0 = _mm256_shuffle_ps(T0,T2,_MM_SHUFFLE(1,0,1,0));
+  __m256 S1 = _mm256_shuffle_ps(T0,T2,_MM_SHUFFLE(3,2,3,2));
+  __m256 S2 = _mm256_shuffle_ps(T1,T3,_MM_SHUFFLE(1,0,1,0));
+  __m256 S3 = _mm256_shuffle_ps(T1,T3,_MM_SHUFFLE(3,2,3,2));
+  __m256 S4 = _mm256_shuffle_ps(T4,T6,_MM_SHUFFLE(1,0,1,0));
+  __m256 S5 = _mm256_shuffle_ps(T4,T6,_MM_SHUFFLE(3,2,3,2));
+  __m256 S6 = _mm256_shuffle_ps(T5,T7,_MM_SHUFFLE(1,0,1,0));
+  __m256 S7 = _mm256_shuffle_ps(T5,T7,_MM_SHUFFLE(3,2,3,2));
+  kernel.packet[0] = _mm256_permute2f128_ps(S0, S4, 0x20);
+  kernel.packet[1] = _mm256_permute2f128_ps(S1, S5, 0x20);
+  kernel.packet[2] = _mm256_permute2f128_ps(S2, S6, 0x20);
+  kernel.packet[3] = _mm256_permute2f128_ps(S3, S7, 0x20);
+  kernel.packet[4] = _mm256_permute2f128_ps(S0, S4, 0x31);
+  kernel.packet[5] = _mm256_permute2f128_ps(S1, S5, 0x31);
+  kernel.packet[6] = _mm256_permute2f128_ps(S2, S6, 0x31);
+  kernel.packet[7] = _mm256_permute2f128_ps(S3, S7, 0x31);
+}
+
+EIGEN_DEVICE_FUNC inline void
+ptranspose(PacketBlock<Packet8f,4>& kernel) {
+  __m256 T0 = _mm256_unpacklo_ps(kernel.packet[0], kernel.packet[1]);
+  __m256 T1 = _mm256_unpackhi_ps(kernel.packet[0], kernel.packet[1]);
+  __m256 T2 = _mm256_unpacklo_ps(kernel.packet[2], kernel.packet[3]);
+  __m256 T3 = _mm256_unpackhi_ps(kernel.packet[2], kernel.packet[3]);
+
+  __m256 S0 = _mm256_shuffle_ps(T0,T2,_MM_SHUFFLE(1,0,1,0));
+  __m256 S1 = _mm256_shuffle_ps(T0,T2,_MM_SHUFFLE(3,2,3,2));
+  __m256 S2 = _mm256_shuffle_ps(T1,T3,_MM_SHUFFLE(1,0,1,0));
+  __m256 S3 = _mm256_shuffle_ps(T1,T3,_MM_SHUFFLE(3,2,3,2));
+
+  kernel.packet[0] = _mm256_permute2f128_ps(S0, S1, 0x20);
+  kernel.packet[1] = _mm256_permute2f128_ps(S2, S3, 0x20);
+  kernel.packet[2] = _mm256_permute2f128_ps(S0, S1, 0x31);
+  kernel.packet[3] = _mm256_permute2f128_ps(S2, S3, 0x31);
+}
+
+EIGEN_DEVICE_FUNC inline void
+ptranspose(PacketBlock<Packet4d,4>& kernel) {
+  __m256d T0 = _mm256_shuffle_pd(kernel.packet[0], kernel.packet[1], 15);
+  __m256d T1 = _mm256_shuffle_pd(kernel.packet[0], kernel.packet[1], 0);
+  __m256d T2 = _mm256_shuffle_pd(kernel.packet[2], kernel.packet[3], 15);
+  __m256d T3 = _mm256_shuffle_pd(kernel.packet[2], kernel.packet[3], 0);
+
+  kernel.packet[1] = _mm256_permute2f128_pd(T0, T2, 32);
+  kernel.packet[3] = _mm256_permute2f128_pd(T0, T2, 49);
+  kernel.packet[0] = _mm256_permute2f128_pd(T1, T3, 32);
+  kernel.packet[2] = _mm256_permute2f128_pd(T1, T3, 49);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f pblend(const Selector<8>& ifPacket, const Packet8f& thenPacket, const Packet8f& elsePacket) {
+  const __m256 zero = _mm256_setzero_ps();
+  const __m256 select = _mm256_set_ps(ifPacket.select[7], ifPacket.select[6], ifPacket.select[5], ifPacket.select[4], ifPacket.select[3], ifPacket.select[2], ifPacket.select[1], ifPacket.select[0]);
+  __m256 false_mask = _mm256_cmp_ps(select, zero, _CMP_EQ_UQ);
+  return _mm256_blendv_ps(thenPacket, elsePacket, false_mask);
+}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4d pblend(const Selector<4>& ifPacket, const Packet4d& thenPacket, const Packet4d& elsePacket) {
+  const __m256d zero = _mm256_setzero_pd();
+  const __m256d select = _mm256_set_pd(ifPacket.select[3], ifPacket.select[2], ifPacket.select[1], ifPacket.select[0]);
+  __m256d false_mask = _mm256_cmp_pd(select, zero, _CMP_EQ_UQ);
+  return _mm256_blendv_pd(thenPacket, elsePacket, false_mask);
+}
+
+// Packet math for Eigen::half
+
+template<> struct unpacket_traits<Packet8h> { typedef Eigen::half type; enum {size=8, alignment=Aligned16, vectorizable=true, masked_load_available=false, masked_store_available=false}; typedef Packet8h half; };
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h pset1<Packet8h>(const Eigen::half& from) {
+  return _mm_set1_epi16(numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Eigen::half pfirst<Packet8h>(const Packet8h& from) {
+  return numext::bit_cast<Eigen::half>(static_cast<numext::uint16_t>(_mm_extract_epi16(from, 0)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h pload<Packet8h>(const Eigen::half* from) {
+  return _mm_load_si128(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i*>(from));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h ploadu<Packet8h>(const Eigen::half* from) {
+  return _mm_loadu_si128(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i*>(from));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pstore<Eigen::half>(Eigen::half* to, const Packet8h& from) {
+  _mm_store_si128(reinterpret_cast<__m128i*>(to), from);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pstoreu<Eigen::half>(Eigen::half* to, const Packet8h& from) {
+  _mm_storeu_si128(reinterpret_cast<__m128i*>(to), from);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h
+ploaddup<Packet8h>(const Eigen::half*  from) {
+  const numext::uint16_t a = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[0]);
+  const numext::uint16_t b = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[1]);
+  const numext::uint16_t c = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[2]);
+  const numext::uint16_t d = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[3]);
+  return _mm_set_epi16(d, d, c, c, b, b, a, a);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h
+ploadquad<Packet8h>(const Eigen::half* from) {
+  const numext::uint16_t a = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[0]);
+  const numext::uint16_t b = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[1]);
+  return _mm_set_epi16(b, b, b, b, a, a, a, a);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h ptrue(const Packet8h& a) {
+ return _mm_cmpeq_epi32(a, a);
+}
+
+template <>
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h pabs(const Packet8h& a) {
+  const __m128i sign_mask = _mm_set1_epi16(static_cast<numext::uint16_t>(0x8000));
+  return _mm_andnot_si128(sign_mask, a);
+}
+
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f half2float(const Packet8h& a) {
+#ifdef EIGEN_HAS_FP16_C
+  return _mm256_cvtph_ps(a);
+#else
+  EIGEN_ALIGN32 Eigen::half aux[8];
+  pstore(aux, a);
+  float f0(aux[0]);
+  float f1(aux[1]);
+  float f2(aux[2]);
+  float f3(aux[3]);
+  float f4(aux[4]);
+  float f5(aux[5]);
+  float f6(aux[6]);
+  float f7(aux[7]);
+
+  return _mm256_set_ps(f7, f6, f5, f4, f3, f2, f1, f0);
+#endif
+}
+
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h float2half(const Packet8f& a) {
+#ifdef EIGEN_HAS_FP16_C
+  return _mm256_cvtps_ph(a, _MM_FROUND_TO_NEAREST_INT|_MM_FROUND_NO_EXC);
+#else
+  EIGEN_ALIGN32 float aux[8];
+  pstore(aux, a);
+  const numext::uint16_t s0 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(Eigen::half(aux[0]));
+  const numext::uint16_t s1 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(Eigen::half(aux[1]));
+  const numext::uint16_t s2 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(Eigen::half(aux[2]));
+  const numext::uint16_t s3 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(Eigen::half(aux[3]));
+  const numext::uint16_t s4 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(Eigen::half(aux[4]));
+  const numext::uint16_t s5 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(Eigen::half(aux[5]));
+  const numext::uint16_t s6 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(Eigen::half(aux[6]));
+  const numext::uint16_t s7 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(Eigen::half(aux[7]));
+  return _mm_set_epi16(s7, s6, s5, s4, s3, s2, s1, s0);
+#endif
+}
+
+template <>
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h pmin<Packet8h>(const Packet8h& a,
+                                            const Packet8h& b) {
+  return float2half(pmin<Packet8f>(half2float(a), half2float(b)));
+}
+
+template <>
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h pmax<Packet8h>(const Packet8h& a,
+                                            const Packet8h& b) {
+  return float2half(pmax<Packet8f>(half2float(a), half2float(b)));
+}
+
+template <>
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h plset<Packet8h>(const half& a) {
+  return float2half(plset<Packet8f>(static_cast<float>(a)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h por(const Packet8h& a,const Packet8h& b) {
+  // in some cases Packet4i is a wrapper around __m128i, so we either need to
+  // cast to Packet4i to directly call the intrinsics as below:
+  return _mm_or_si128(a,b);
+}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h pxor(const Packet8h& a,const Packet8h& b) {
+  return _mm_xor_si128(a,b);
+}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h pand(const Packet8h& a,const Packet8h& b) {
+  return _mm_and_si128(a,b);
+}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h pandnot(const Packet8h& a,const Packet8h& b) {
+  return _mm_andnot_si128(b,a);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h pselect(const Packet8h& mask, const Packet8h& a, const Packet8h& b) {
+  return _mm_blendv_epi8(b, a, mask);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h pround<Packet8h>(const Packet8h& a) {
+  return float2half(pround<Packet8f>(half2float(a)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h print<Packet8h>(const Packet8h& a) {
+  return float2half(print<Packet8f>(half2float(a)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h pceil<Packet8h>(const Packet8h& a) {
+  return float2half(pceil<Packet8f>(half2float(a)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h pfloor<Packet8h>(const Packet8h& a) {
+  return float2half(pfloor<Packet8f>(half2float(a)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h pcmp_eq(const Packet8h& a,const Packet8h& b) {
+  return Pack16To8(pcmp_eq(half2float(a), half2float(b)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h pcmp_le(const Packet8h& a,const Packet8h& b) {
+  return Pack16To8(pcmp_le(half2float(a), half2float(b)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h pcmp_lt(const Packet8h& a,const Packet8h& b) {
+  return Pack16To8(pcmp_lt(half2float(a), half2float(b)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h pcmp_lt_or_nan(const Packet8h& a,const Packet8h& b) {
+  return Pack16To8(pcmp_lt_or_nan(half2float(a), half2float(b)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h pconj(const Packet8h& a) { return a; }
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h pnegate(const Packet8h& a) {
+  Packet8h sign_mask = _mm_set1_epi16(static_cast<numext::uint16_t>(0x8000));
+  return _mm_xor_si128(a, sign_mask);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h padd<Packet8h>(const Packet8h& a, const Packet8h& b) {
+  Packet8f af = half2float(a);
+  Packet8f bf = half2float(b);
+  Packet8f rf = padd(af, bf);
+  return float2half(rf);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h psub<Packet8h>(const Packet8h& a, const Packet8h& b) {
+  Packet8f af = half2float(a);
+  Packet8f bf = half2float(b);
+  Packet8f rf = psub(af, bf);
+  return float2half(rf);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h pmul<Packet8h>(const Packet8h& a, const Packet8h& b) {
+  Packet8f af = half2float(a);
+  Packet8f bf = half2float(b);
+  Packet8f rf = pmul(af, bf);
+  return float2half(rf);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h pdiv<Packet8h>(const Packet8h& a, const Packet8h& b) {
+  Packet8f af = half2float(a);
+  Packet8f bf = half2float(b);
+  Packet8f rf = pdiv(af, bf);
+  return float2half(rf);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h pgather<Eigen::half, Packet8h>(const Eigen::half* from, Index stride)
+{
+  const numext::uint16_t s0 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[0*stride]);
+  const numext::uint16_t s1 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[1*stride]);
+  const numext::uint16_t s2 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[2*stride]);
+  const numext::uint16_t s3 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[3*stride]);
+  const numext::uint16_t s4 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[4*stride]);
+  const numext::uint16_t s5 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[5*stride]);
+  const numext::uint16_t s6 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[6*stride]);
+  const numext::uint16_t s7 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[7*stride]);
+  return _mm_set_epi16(s7, s6, s5, s4, s3, s2, s1, s0);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pscatter<Eigen::half, Packet8h>(Eigen::half* to, const Packet8h& from, Index stride)
+{
+  EIGEN_ALIGN32 Eigen::half aux[8];
+  pstore(aux, from);
+  to[stride*0] = aux[0];
+  to[stride*1] = aux[1];
+  to[stride*2] = aux[2];
+  to[stride*3] = aux[3];
+  to[stride*4] = aux[4];
+  to[stride*5] = aux[5];
+  to[stride*6] = aux[6];
+  to[stride*7] = aux[7];
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Eigen::half predux<Packet8h>(const Packet8h& a) {
+  Packet8f af = half2float(a);
+  float reduced = predux<Packet8f>(af);
+  return Eigen::half(reduced);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Eigen::half predux_max<Packet8h>(const Packet8h& a) {
+  Packet8f af = half2float(a);
+  float reduced = predux_max<Packet8f>(af);
+  return Eigen::half(reduced);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Eigen::half predux_min<Packet8h>(const Packet8h& a) {
+  Packet8f af = half2float(a);
+  float reduced = predux_min<Packet8f>(af);
+  return Eigen::half(reduced);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Eigen::half predux_mul<Packet8h>(const Packet8h& a) {
+  Packet8f af = half2float(a);
+  float reduced = predux_mul<Packet8f>(af);
+  return Eigen::half(reduced);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8h preverse(const Packet8h& a)
+{
+  __m128i m = _mm_setr_epi8(14,15,12,13,10,11,8,9,6,7,4,5,2,3,0,1);
+  return _mm_shuffle_epi8(a,m);
+}
+
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void
+ptranspose(PacketBlock<Packet8h,8>& kernel) {
+  __m128i a = kernel.packet[0];
+  __m128i b = kernel.packet[1];
+  __m128i c = kernel.packet[2];
+  __m128i d = kernel.packet[3];
+  __m128i e = kernel.packet[4];
+  __m128i f = kernel.packet[5];
+  __m128i g = kernel.packet[6];
+  __m128i h = kernel.packet[7];
+
+  __m128i a03b03 = _mm_unpacklo_epi16(a, b);
+  __m128i c03d03 = _mm_unpacklo_epi16(c, d);
+  __m128i e03f03 = _mm_unpacklo_epi16(e, f);
+  __m128i g03h03 = _mm_unpacklo_epi16(g, h);
+  __m128i a47b47 = _mm_unpackhi_epi16(a, b);
+  __m128i c47d47 = _mm_unpackhi_epi16(c, d);
+  __m128i e47f47 = _mm_unpackhi_epi16(e, f);
+  __m128i g47h47 = _mm_unpackhi_epi16(g, h);
+
+  __m128i a01b01c01d01 = _mm_unpacklo_epi32(a03b03, c03d03);
+  __m128i a23b23c23d23 = _mm_unpackhi_epi32(a03b03, c03d03);
+  __m128i e01f01g01h01 = _mm_unpacklo_epi32(e03f03, g03h03);
+  __m128i e23f23g23h23 = _mm_unpackhi_epi32(e03f03, g03h03);
+  __m128i a45b45c45d45 = _mm_unpacklo_epi32(a47b47, c47d47);
+  __m128i a67b67c67d67 = _mm_unpackhi_epi32(a47b47, c47d47);
+  __m128i e45f45g45h45 = _mm_unpacklo_epi32(e47f47, g47h47);
+  __m128i e67f67g67h67 = _mm_unpackhi_epi32(e47f47, g47h47);
+
+  __m128i a0b0c0d0e0f0g0h0 = _mm_unpacklo_epi64(a01b01c01d01, e01f01g01h01);
+  __m128i a1b1c1d1e1f1g1h1 = _mm_unpackhi_epi64(a01b01c01d01, e01f01g01h01);
+  __m128i a2b2c2d2e2f2g2h2 = _mm_unpacklo_epi64(a23b23c23d23, e23f23g23h23);
+  __m128i a3b3c3d3e3f3g3h3 = _mm_unpackhi_epi64(a23b23c23d23, e23f23g23h23);
+  __m128i a4b4c4d4e4f4g4h4 = _mm_unpacklo_epi64(a45b45c45d45, e45f45g45h45);
+  __m128i a5b5c5d5e5f5g5h5 = _mm_unpackhi_epi64(a45b45c45d45, e45f45g45h45);
+  __m128i a6b6c6d6e6f6g6h6 = _mm_unpacklo_epi64(a67b67c67d67, e67f67g67h67);
+  __m128i a7b7c7d7e7f7g7h7 = _mm_unpackhi_epi64(a67b67c67d67, e67f67g67h67);
+
+  kernel.packet[0] = a0b0c0d0e0f0g0h0;
+  kernel.packet[1] = a1b1c1d1e1f1g1h1;
+  kernel.packet[2] = a2b2c2d2e2f2g2h2;
+  kernel.packet[3] = a3b3c3d3e3f3g3h3;
+  kernel.packet[4] = a4b4c4d4e4f4g4h4;
+  kernel.packet[5] = a5b5c5d5e5f5g5h5;
+  kernel.packet[6] = a6b6c6d6e6f6g6h6;
+  kernel.packet[7] = a7b7c7d7e7f7g7h7;
+}
+
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void
+ptranspose(PacketBlock<Packet8h,4>& kernel) {
+  EIGEN_ALIGN32 Eigen::half in[4][8];
+  pstore<Eigen::half>(in[0], kernel.packet[0]);
+  pstore<Eigen::half>(in[1], kernel.packet[1]);
+  pstore<Eigen::half>(in[2], kernel.packet[2]);
+  pstore<Eigen::half>(in[3], kernel.packet[3]);
+
+  EIGEN_ALIGN32 Eigen::half out[4][8];
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
+    for (int j = 0; j < 4; ++j) {
+      out[i][j] = in[j][2*i];
+    }
+    for (int j = 0; j < 4; ++j) {
+      out[i][j+4] = in[j][2*i+1];
+    }
+  }
+
+  kernel.packet[0] = pload<Packet8h>(out[0]);
+  kernel.packet[1] = pload<Packet8h>(out[1]);
+  kernel.packet[2] = pload<Packet8h>(out[2]);
+  kernel.packet[3] = pload<Packet8h>(out[3]);
+}
+
+// BFloat16 implementation.
+
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8f Bf16ToF32(const Packet8bf& a) {
+#ifdef EIGEN_VECTORIZE_AVX2
+  __m256i extend = _mm256_cvtepu16_epi32(a);
+  return _mm256_castsi256_ps(_mm256_slli_epi32(extend, 16));
+#else
+  __m128i lo = _mm_cvtepu16_epi32(a);
+  __m128i hi = _mm_cvtepu16_epi32(_mm_srli_si128(a, 8));
+  __m128i lo_shift = _mm_slli_epi32(lo, 16);
+  __m128i hi_shift = _mm_slli_epi32(hi, 16);
+  return _mm256_castsi256_ps(_mm256_insertf128_si256(_mm256_castsi128_si256(lo_shift), hi_shift, 1));
+#endif
+}
+
+// Convert float to bfloat16 according to round-to-nearest-even/denormals algorithm.
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf F32ToBf16(const Packet8f& a) {
+  Packet8bf r;
+
+  __m256i input = _mm256_castps_si256(a);
+
+#ifdef EIGEN_VECTORIZE_AVX2
+  // uint32_t lsb = (input >> 16);
+  __m256i t = _mm256_srli_epi32(input, 16);
+  // uint32_t lsb = lsb & 1;
+  t = _mm256_and_si256(t, _mm256_set1_epi32(1));
+  // uint32_t rounding_bias = 0x7fff + lsb;
+  t = _mm256_add_epi32(t, _mm256_set1_epi32(0x7fff));
+  // input += rounding_bias;
+  t = _mm256_add_epi32(t, input);
+  // input = input >> 16;
+  t = _mm256_srli_epi32(t, 16);
+  // Check NaN before converting back to bf16
+  __m256 mask = _mm256_cmp_ps(a, a, _CMP_ORD_Q);
+  __m256i nan = _mm256_set1_epi32(0x7fc0);
+  t = _mm256_blendv_epi8(nan, t, _mm256_castps_si256(mask));
+  // output = numext::bit_cast<uint16_t>(input);
+  return _mm_packus_epi32(_mm256_extractf128_si256(t, 0),
+                         _mm256_extractf128_si256(t, 1));
+#else
+  // uint32_t lsb = (input >> 16);
+  __m128i lo = _mm_srli_epi32(_mm256_extractf128_si256(input, 0), 16);
+  __m128i hi = _mm_srli_epi32(_mm256_extractf128_si256(input, 1), 16);
+  // uint32_t lsb = lsb & 1;
+  lo = _mm_and_si128(lo, _mm_set1_epi32(1));
+  hi = _mm_and_si128(hi, _mm_set1_epi32(1));
+  // uint32_t rounding_bias = 0x7fff + lsb;
+  lo = _mm_add_epi32(lo, _mm_set1_epi32(0x7fff));
+  hi = _mm_add_epi32(hi, _mm_set1_epi32(0x7fff));
+  // input += rounding_bias;
+  lo = _mm_add_epi32(lo, _mm256_extractf128_si256(input, 0));
+  hi = _mm_add_epi32(hi, _mm256_extractf128_si256(input, 1));
+  // input = input >> 16;
+  lo = _mm_srli_epi32(lo, 16);
+  hi = _mm_srli_epi32(hi, 16);
+  // Check NaN before converting back to bf16
+  __m256 mask = _mm256_cmp_ps(a, a, _CMP_ORD_Q);
+  __m128i nan = _mm_set1_epi32(0x7fc0);
+  lo = _mm_blendv_epi8(nan, lo, _mm_castps_si128(_mm256_castps256_ps128(mask)));
+  hi = _mm_blendv_epi8(nan, hi, _mm_castps_si128(_mm256_extractf128_ps(mask, 1)));
+  // output = numext::bit_cast<uint16_t>(input);
+  return _mm_packus_epi32(lo, hi);
+#endif
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf pset1<Packet8bf>(const bfloat16& from) {
+  return _mm_set1_epi16(numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE bfloat16 pfirst<Packet8bf>(const Packet8bf& from) {
+  return numext::bit_cast<bfloat16>(static_cast<numext::uint16_t>(_mm_extract_epi16(from, 0)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf pload<Packet8bf>(const bfloat16* from) {
+  return _mm_load_si128(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i*>(from));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf ploadu<Packet8bf>(const bfloat16* from) {
+  return _mm_loadu_si128(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i*>(from));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pstore<bfloat16>(bfloat16* to, const Packet8bf& from) {
+  _mm_store_si128(reinterpret_cast<__m128i*>(to), from);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pstoreu<bfloat16>(bfloat16* to, const Packet8bf& from) {
+  _mm_storeu_si128(reinterpret_cast<__m128i*>(to), from);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf
+ploaddup<Packet8bf>(const bfloat16* from) {
+  const numext::uint16_t a = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[0]);
+  const numext::uint16_t b = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[1]);
+  const numext::uint16_t c = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[2]);
+  const numext::uint16_t d = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[3]);
+  return _mm_set_epi16(d, d, c, c, b, b, a, a);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf
+ploadquad<Packet8bf>(const bfloat16* from) {
+  const numext::uint16_t a = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[0]);
+  const numext::uint16_t b = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[1]);
+  return _mm_set_epi16(b, b, b, b, a, a, a, a);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf ptrue(const Packet8bf& a) {
+ return _mm_cmpeq_epi32(a, a);
+}
+
+template <>
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf pabs(const Packet8bf& a) {
+  const __m128i sign_mask = _mm_set1_epi16(static_cast<numext::uint16_t>(0x8000));
+  return _mm_andnot_si128(sign_mask, a);
+}
+
+template <>
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf pmin<Packet8bf>(const Packet8bf& a,
+                                                const Packet8bf& b) {
+  return F32ToBf16(pmin<Packet8f>(Bf16ToF32(a), Bf16ToF32(b)));
+}
+
+template <>
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf pmax<Packet8bf>(const Packet8bf& a,
+                                                const Packet8bf& b) {
+  return F32ToBf16(pmax<Packet8f>(Bf16ToF32(a), Bf16ToF32(b)));
+}
+
+template <>
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf plset<Packet8bf>(const bfloat16& a) {
+  return F32ToBf16(plset<Packet8f>(static_cast<float>(a)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf por(const Packet8bf& a,const Packet8bf& b) {
+  return _mm_or_si128(a,b);
+}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf pxor(const Packet8bf& a,const Packet8bf& b) {
+  return _mm_xor_si128(a,b);
+}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf pand(const Packet8bf& a,const Packet8bf& b) {
+  return _mm_and_si128(a,b);
+}
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf pandnot(const Packet8bf& a,const Packet8bf& b) {
+  return _mm_andnot_si128(b,a);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf pselect(const Packet8bf& mask, const Packet8bf& a, const Packet8bf& b) {
+  return _mm_blendv_epi8(b, a, mask);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf pround<Packet8bf>(const Packet8bf& a)
+{
+  return F32ToBf16(pround<Packet8f>(Bf16ToF32(a)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf print<Packet8bf>(const Packet8bf& a) {
+  return F32ToBf16(print<Packet8f>(Bf16ToF32(a)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf pceil<Packet8bf>(const Packet8bf& a) {
+  return F32ToBf16(pceil<Packet8f>(Bf16ToF32(a)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf pfloor<Packet8bf>(const Packet8bf& a) {
+  return F32ToBf16(pfloor<Packet8f>(Bf16ToF32(a)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf pcmp_eq(const Packet8bf& a,const Packet8bf& b) {
+  return Pack16To8(pcmp_eq(Bf16ToF32(a), Bf16ToF32(b)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf pcmp_le(const Packet8bf& a,const Packet8bf& b) {
+  return Pack16To8(pcmp_le(Bf16ToF32(a), Bf16ToF32(b)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf pcmp_lt(const Packet8bf& a,const Packet8bf& b) {
+  return Pack16To8(pcmp_lt(Bf16ToF32(a), Bf16ToF32(b)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf pcmp_lt_or_nan(const Packet8bf& a,const Packet8bf& b) {
+  return Pack16To8(pcmp_lt_or_nan(Bf16ToF32(a), Bf16ToF32(b)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf pconj(const Packet8bf& a) { return a; }
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf pnegate(const Packet8bf& a) {
+  Packet8bf sign_mask = _mm_set1_epi16(static_cast<numext::uint16_t>(0x8000));
+  return _mm_xor_si128(a, sign_mask);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf padd<Packet8bf>(const Packet8bf& a, const Packet8bf& b) {
+  return F32ToBf16(padd<Packet8f>(Bf16ToF32(a), Bf16ToF32(b)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf psub<Packet8bf>(const Packet8bf& a, const Packet8bf& b) {
+  return F32ToBf16(psub<Packet8f>(Bf16ToF32(a), Bf16ToF32(b)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf pmul<Packet8bf>(const Packet8bf& a, const Packet8bf& b) {
+  return F32ToBf16(pmul<Packet8f>(Bf16ToF32(a), Bf16ToF32(b)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf pdiv<Packet8bf>(const Packet8bf& a, const Packet8bf& b) {
+  return F32ToBf16(pdiv<Packet8f>(Bf16ToF32(a), Bf16ToF32(b)));
+}
+
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf pgather<bfloat16, Packet8bf>(const bfloat16* from, Index stride)
+{
+  const numext::uint16_t s0 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[0*stride]);
+  const numext::uint16_t s1 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[1*stride]);
+  const numext::uint16_t s2 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[2*stride]);
+  const numext::uint16_t s3 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[3*stride]);
+  const numext::uint16_t s4 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[4*stride]);
+  const numext::uint16_t s5 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[5*stride]);
+  const numext::uint16_t s6 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[6*stride]);
+  const numext::uint16_t s7 = numext::bit_cast<numext::uint16_t>(from[7*stride]);
+  return _mm_set_epi16(s7, s6, s5, s4, s3, s2, s1, s0);
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pscatter<bfloat16, Packet8bf>(bfloat16* to, const Packet8bf& from, Index stride)
+{
+  EIGEN_ALIGN32 bfloat16 aux[8];
+  pstore(aux, from);
+  to[stride*0] = aux[0];
+  to[stride*1] = aux[1];
+  to[stride*2] = aux[2];
+  to[stride*3] = aux[3];
+  to[stride*4] = aux[4];
+  to[stride*5] = aux[5];
+  to[stride*6] = aux[6];
+  to[stride*7] = aux[7];
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE bfloat16 predux<Packet8bf>(const Packet8bf& a) {
+  return static_cast<bfloat16>(predux<Packet8f>(Bf16ToF32(a)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE bfloat16 predux_max<Packet8bf>(const Packet8bf& a) {
+  return static_cast<bfloat16>(predux_max<Packet8f>(Bf16ToF32(a)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE bfloat16 predux_min<Packet8bf>(const Packet8bf& a) {
+  return static_cast<bfloat16>(predux_min<Packet8f>(Bf16ToF32(a)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE bfloat16 predux_mul<Packet8bf>(const Packet8bf& a) {
+  return static_cast<bfloat16>(predux_mul<Packet8f>(Bf16ToF32(a)));
+}
+
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet8bf preverse(const Packet8bf& a)
+{
+  __m128i m = _mm_setr_epi8(14,15,12,13,10,11,8,9,6,7,4,5,2,3,0,1);
+  return _mm_shuffle_epi8(a,m);
+}
+
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void
+ptranspose(PacketBlock<Packet8bf,8>& kernel) {
+  __m128i a = kernel.packet[0];
+  __m128i b = kernel.packet[1];
+  __m128i c = kernel.packet[2];
+  __m128i d = kernel.packet[3];
+  __m128i e = kernel.packet[4];
+  __m128i f = kernel.packet[5];
+  __m128i g = kernel.packet[6];
+  __m128i h = kernel.packet[7];
+
+  __m128i a03b03 = _mm_unpacklo_epi16(a, b);
+  __m128i c03d03 = _mm_unpacklo_epi16(c, d);
+  __m128i e03f03 = _mm_unpacklo_epi16(e, f);
+  __m128i g03h03 = _mm_unpacklo_epi16(g, h);
+  __m128i a47b47 = _mm_unpackhi_epi16(a, b);
+  __m128i c47d47 = _mm_unpackhi_epi16(c, d);
+  __m128i e47f47 = _mm_unpackhi_epi16(e, f);
+  __m128i g47h47 = _mm_unpackhi_epi16(g, h);
+
+  __m128i a01b01c01d01 = _mm_unpacklo_epi32(a03b03, c03d03);
+  __m128i a23b23c23d23 = _mm_unpackhi_epi32(a03b03, c03d03);
+  __m128i e01f01g01h01 = _mm_unpacklo_epi32(e03f03, g03h03);
+  __m128i e23f23g23h23 = _mm_unpackhi_epi32(e03f03, g03h03);
+  __m128i a45b45c45d45 = _mm_unpacklo_epi32(a47b47, c47d47);
+  __m128i a67b67c67d67 = _mm_unpackhi_epi32(a47b47, c47d47);
+  __m128i e45f45g45h45 = _mm_unpacklo_epi32(e47f47, g47h47);
+  __m128i e67f67g67h67 = _mm_unpackhi_epi32(e47f47, g47h47);
+
+  kernel.packet[0] = _mm_unpacklo_epi64(a01b01c01d01, e01f01g01h01);
+  kernel.packet[1] = _mm_unpackhi_epi64(a01b01c01d01, e01f01g01h01);
+  kernel.packet[2] = _mm_unpacklo_epi64(a23b23c23d23, e23f23g23h23);
+  kernel.packet[3] = _mm_unpackhi_epi64(a23b23c23d23, e23f23g23h23);
+  kernel.packet[4] = _mm_unpacklo_epi64(a45b45c45d45, e45f45g45h45);
+  kernel.packet[5] = _mm_unpackhi_epi64(a45b45c45d45, e45f45g45h45);
+  kernel.packet[6] = _mm_unpacklo_epi64(a67b67c67d67, e67f67g67h67);
+  kernel.packet[7] = _mm_unpackhi_epi64(a67b67c67d67, e67f67g67h67);
+}
+
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void
+ptranspose(PacketBlock<Packet8bf,4>& kernel) {
+  __m128i a = kernel.packet[0];
+  __m128i b = kernel.packet[1];
+  __m128i c = kernel.packet[2];
+  __m128i d = kernel.packet[3];
+
+  __m128i ab_03 = _mm_unpacklo_epi16(a, b);
+  __m128i cd_03 = _mm_unpacklo_epi16(c, d);
+  __m128i ab_47 = _mm_unpackhi_epi16(a, b);
+  __m128i cd_47 = _mm_unpackhi_epi16(c, d);
+
+  kernel.packet[0] = _mm_unpacklo_epi32(ab_03, cd_03);
+  kernel.packet[1] = _mm_unpackhi_epi32(ab_03, cd_03);
+  kernel.packet[2] = _mm_unpacklo_epi32(ab_47, cd_47);
+  kernel.packet[3] = _mm_unpackhi_epi32(ab_47, cd_47);
+}
+
+} // end namespace internal
+
+} // end namespace Eigen
+
+#endif // EIGEN_PACKET_MATH_AVX_H