Processors, methods, systems, and instructions to generate sequences of consecutive integers in numerical order

An apparatus comprising:

• a destination storage location;
• and
• an execution unit coupled with the destination storage location, the execution unit, in response to an instruction indicating the destination storage location, to store a result in the destination storage location, the result including a sequence of at least four consecutive non-negative integers in numerical order,
• wherein the execution unit is to store the result in response to an instruction that does not indicate a source packed data operand having a plurality of packed data elements in an architecturally-visible storage location.

A system comprising:

• an interconnect;
• a processor coupled with the interconnect, the processor including a destination register, the processor, in response to an instruction indicating the destination register, to store a result in the destination register, the result including a sequence of at least four consecutive non-negative integers in numerical order,
• wherein the processor is to store the result including the sequence of the at least four consecutive non-negative integers in the numerical order without calculating values of the at least four consecutive non-negative integers from a result of a preceding instruction;
• and
• a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) coupled with the interconnect.

An article of manufacture comprising:

• a machine-readable storage medium including one or more solid storage materials, the machine-readable storage medium storing an instruction,
• the instruction to indicate a destination storage location, and the instruction, if executed by a machine, to cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
• storing a result in the destination storage location, the result including a sequence of at least four consecutive non-negative integers in numerical order,
• wherein the instruction is to cause the machine to store the result including the sequence of the at least four consecutive non-negative integers in the numerical order without calculating values of the at least four consecutive non-negative integers in the numerical order using a result of a preceding instruction.