diff --git a/examples/intrinsics/knc-i1x8unsafe_fast.h b/examples/intrinsics/knc-i1x8unsafe_fast.h
index 2e00a567..05be27bd 100644
--- a/examples/intrinsics/knc-i1x8unsafe_fast.h
+++ b/examples/intrinsics/knc-i1x8unsafe_fast.h
@@ -1,61 +1,78 @@
 #define __ZMM64BIT__
 #include "knc-i1x8.h"
 
-/* the following tests fails because vec8_i32 and vec8_float are 512 and not 256 bit in size.
- * not sure how it is possible to fix this, any suggestions? 
+/* the following tests fails because on KNC native vec8_i32 and vec8_float are 512 and not 256 bit in size.
+ *
+ *  Using test compiler: Intel(r) SPMD Program Compiler (ispc), 1.4.5dev (build commit d68dbbc7bce74803 @ 20130919, LLVM 3.3)
+ *  Using C/C++ compiler: icpc (ICC) 14.0.0 20130728
+ *
+ */
+
+/* knc-i1x8unsafe_fast.h fails: 
+ * ----------------------------
+1 / 1206 tests FAILED compilation:
+	./tests/ptr-assign-lhs-math-1.ispc
 33 / 1206 tests FAILED execution:
-        ./tests/array-gather-simple.ispc
-        ./tests/array-gather-vary.ispc
-        ./tests/array-multidim-gather-scatter.ispc
-        ./tests/array-scatter-vary.ispc
-        ./tests/atomics-5.ispc
-        ./tests/atomics-swap.ispc
-        ./tests/cfor-array-gather-vary.ispc
-        ./tests/cfor-gs-improve-varying-1.ispc
-        ./tests/cfor-struct-gather-2.ispc
-        ./tests/cfor-struct-gather-3.ispc
-        ./tests/cfor-struct-gather.ispc
-        ./tests/gather-struct-vector.ispc
-        ./tests/global-array-4.ispc
-        ./tests/gs-improve-varying-1.ispc
-        ./tests/half-1.ispc
-        ./tests/half-3.ispc
-        ./tests/half.ispc
-        ./tests/launch-3.ispc
-        ./tests/launch-4.ispc
-        ./tests/masked-scatter-vector.ispc
-        ./tests/masked-struct-scatter-varying.ispc
-        ./tests/new-delete-6.ispc
-        ./tests/ptr-24.ispc
-        ./tests/ptr-25.ispc
-        ./tests/short-vec-15.ispc
-        ./tests/struct-gather-2.ispc
-        ./tests/struct-gather-3.ispc
-        ./tests/struct-gather.ispc
-        ./tests/struct-ref-lvalue.ispc
-        ./tests/struct-test-118.ispc
-        ./tests/struct-vary-index-expr.ispc
-        ./tests/typedef-2.ispc
-        ./tests/vector-varying-scatter.ispc
+	./tests/array-gather-simple.ispc
+	./tests/array-gather-vary.ispc
+	./tests/array-multidim-gather-scatter.ispc
+	./tests/array-scatter-vary.ispc
+	./tests/atomics-5.ispc
+	./tests/atomics-swap.ispc
+	./tests/cfor-array-gather-vary.ispc
+	./tests/cfor-gs-improve-varying-1.ispc
+	./tests/cfor-struct-gather-2.ispc
+	./tests/cfor-struct-gather-3.ispc
+	./tests/cfor-struct-gather.ispc
+	./tests/gather-struct-vector.ispc
+	./tests/global-array-4.ispc
+	./tests/gs-improve-varying-1.ispc
+	./tests/half-1.ispc
+	./tests/half-3.ispc
+	./tests/half.ispc
+	./tests/launch-3.ispc
+	./tests/launch-4.ispc
+	./tests/masked-scatter-vector.ispc
+	./tests/masked-struct-scatter-varying.ispc
+	./tests/new-delete-6.ispc
+	./tests/ptr-24.ispc
+	./tests/ptr-25.ispc
+	./tests/short-vec-15.ispc
+	./tests/struct-gather-2.ispc
+	./tests/struct-gather-3.ispc
+	./tests/struct-gather.ispc
+	./tests/struct-ref-lvalue.ispc
+	./tests/struct-test-118.ispc
+	./tests/struct-vary-index-expr.ispc
+	./tests/typedef-2.ispc
+	./tests/vector-varying-scatter.ispc
 */
 
-/* knc-i1x8.h has the following fails:
+/* knc-i1x8.h fails: 
+ * ----------------------------
+1 / 1206 tests FAILED compilation:
+	./tests/ptr-assign-lhs-math-1.ispc
 3 / 1206 tests FAILED execution:
-        ./tests/half-1.ispc
-        ./tests/half-3.ispc
-        ./tests/half.ispc
+	./tests/half-1.ispc
+	./tests/half-3.ispc
+	./tests/half.ispc
 */
 
-/* knc-i1x16.h has the following fails:
-5 / 1206 tests FAILED execution:
-        ./tests/assert-3.ispc
+/* knc-i1x8.h fails: 
+ * ----------------------------
+1 / 1206 tests FAILED compilation:
+        ./tests/ptr-assign-lhs-math-1.ispc
+4 / 1206 tests FAILED execution:
         ./tests/half-1.ispc
         ./tests/half-3.ispc
         ./tests/half.ispc
         ./tests/test-141.ispc
 */
 
-/* generics-16, from which these knc-i1x*.h are derived, has the following fails:
+/* generic-16.h fails: (from these knc-i1x8.h & knc-i1x16.h are derived 
+ * ----------------------------
+1 / 1206 tests FAILED compilation:
+        ./tests/ptr-assign-lhs-math-1.ispc
 6 / 1206 tests FAILED execution:
         ./tests/func-overload-max.ispc
         ./tests/half-1.ispc