Processors, methods, systems, and instructions to partition a source packed data into lanes

A method performed by a processor comprising:

• receiving an instruction at the processor, the instruction indicating a source packed data that includes a plurality of adjoining data elements, the instruction indicating a number of data elements, and the instruction indicating a destination storage location;
• and
• storing a result packed data in the destination storage location in response to the instruction, the result packed data having a plurality of lanes, each of the lanes of the result packed data storing a different non-overlapping set of the indicated number of adjoining data elements of the source packed data aligned with a least significant end of the respective lane, the different non-overlapping sets of the indicated number of the adjoining data elements in adjoining lanes of the result packed data separated from one another by at least one most significant data element position of the less significant lane.

An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing an instruction,

• the instruction to indicate a source packed data that is to include a plurality of adjoining data elements, the instruction to indicate a number of data elements, and the instruction to indicate a destination packed data register, and the instruction if executed by a machine is to cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
• store a result packed data in the destination packed data register, the result packed data to have a plurality of lanes, each of the lanes of the result packed data to store a different non-overlapping set of the indicated number of adjoining data elements of the source packed data that are to be aligned with a least significant end of the respective lane, the different non-overlapping sets of the indicated number of the adjoining data elements in adjoining lanes of the result packed data to be separated from one another by at least one most significant data element position of the less significant lane.