MULHY(RA, RB)

Purpose

Returns the high-order 32 or 64-bits of the 64-bit or 128-bit products of the operands RA and RB.

Valid on a PowerPC with a 64-bit architecture, in 64-bit mode for 64-bit integers.

Valid for 64-bit integers in 64-bit mode.

Class

Function

Argument type and attributes

RA
must be of type integer.
RB
must be of type integer.

Result type and attributes

Same as RA, RB.

Result value

A 32 or 64-bit product of the operands RA and RB