NAME¶

fast_normalize - Normal vector length 1.

¶

floatn fast_normalize(floatn p);

DESCRIPTION¶

Returns a vector in the same direction as p but with a length of 1. fast_normalize is computed as:

p * sqrt(3clc)(p.x2 + p.y2 +...)

The result shall be within 8192 ulps error from the infinitely precise result of:

if ( any(3clc)(p == 0.0f))
result = p;
else
result = p /  sqrt(3clc)(p.x2 + p.y2 +...);

with the following exceptions:

NOTES¶

Built-in geometric functions operate component-wise. The description is per-component. floatn is float, float2, float3, or float4 and doublen is double, double2, double3, or double4. The built-in geometric functions are implemented using the round to nearest even rounding mode.

The geometric functions can be implemented using contractions such as mad(3clc) or fma(3clc).

SPECIFICATION¶

OpenCL Specification[1]

SEE ALSO¶

geometricFunctions(3clc)

AUTHORS¶

The Khronos Group

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright © 2007-2011 The Khronos Group Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and/or associated documentation files (the "Materials"), to deal in the Materials without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Materials, and to permit persons to whom the Materials are furnished to do so, subject to the condition that this copyright notice and permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Materials.

NOTES¶

1.

OpenCL Specification