Bit hack: Expanding bits

Question

I am trying to convert a uint16_t input to a uint32_t bit mask. One bit in the input toggles two bits in the output bit mask. Here is an example conver

Answer 1

A simple loop. Maybe not bit-hacky enough?

uint32_t thndrwrks_expand(uint16_t x) {
  uint32_t mask = 3;
  uint32_t y = 0;
  while (x) {
    if (x&1) y |= mask;
    x >>= 1;
    mask <<= 2;
  }
  return y;
}

Tried another that is twice as fast. Still 655/272 as slow as expand_bits(). Appears to be fastest 16 loop iteration solution.

uint32_t thndrwrks_expand(uint16_t x) {
  uint32_t y = 0;
  for (uint16_t mask = 0x8000; mask; mask >>= 1) {
    y <<= 1;
    y |= x&mask;
  }
  y *= 3;
  return y;
}