26. The method of claim 1, wherein: the vector operand is hereinafter referred to as VA; the first operation stores the result into another vector operand VC in an element j that is different from an element i of VA.
28. The method of claim 26, wherein: the first operation has additional vector operands VB and VD; and the first operation unshuffles the elements of vector VA and VB and stores the result in vectors VC and VD.