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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2015
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Neil Burgess, Austin, TX (US);
David Raymond Lutz, Austin, TX (US);
ARM Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
Processing circuitry is provided for comparing a number of adjacent widths having a common value and extending from a starting position within an input number with a runlength specified by a variable number. The circuitry includes a mask generator for generating a mask value in dependence upon the variable number, combination circuitry for performing a logical combination operation upon respective bits within the input number starting from the starting position and corresponding bits within the mask value so as to generate an intermediate value. Result circuitry then generates a result indicative of whether or not the number of adjacent bits is less than or equal to the run length in dependence upon a determination if any bits within the intermediate value have a predetermined value.