Machine code instruction

A processing device comprising:

• a plurality of operand registers, wherein a first subset of the operand registers is configured to store state information for a plurality of bins, wherein for each of the plurality of bins, the state information comprises a range of values and a bin count associated with a respective bin, wherein a second subset of the operand registers is configured to store a vector of floating-point values;
• and
• an execution unit configured to execute a first instruction taking the state information for the plurality of bins and the vector of floating-point values as operands, and in response to execution of the first instruction, for a first floating-point value of the vector:
• identify, based on an exponent of the first floating-point value, a first bin of the plurality of bins for which the first floating-point value falls within an associated range of values for the first bin;
• and
• increment a first bin count associated with the first bin.