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fma

Name

fma — perform a fused multiply-add operation

Declaration

genType fma( genType a,
genType b,
genType c);
genDType fma( genDType a,
genDType b,
genDType c);

Parameters

a

Specifies the first multiplicand.

b

Specifies the second multiplicand.

c

Specifies the value to be added to the result.

Description

fma performs, where possible, a fused multiply-add operation, returning a * b + c. In use cases where the return value is eventually consumed by a variable declared as precise:

  • fma() is considered a single operation, whereas the expression a * b + c consumed by a variable declared as precise is considered two operations.

  • The precision of fma() can differ from the precision of the expression a * b + c.

  • fma() will be computed with the same precision as any other fma() consumed by a precise variable, giving invariant results for the same input values of a, b and c.

Otherwise, in the absense of precise consumption, there are no special constraints on the number of operations or difference in precision between fma() and the expression a * b + c.

Version Support

OpenGL Shading Language Version
Function Name 1.10 1.20 1.30 1.40 1.50 3.30 4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30 4.40 4.50
fma (genType) - - - - - -
fma (genDType) - - - - - -
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