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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2019
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Eric Bainville, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ali Sazegari, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2018.01); H03M 7/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30145 (2013.01); G06F 9/30036 (2013.01); G06F 9/30098 (2013.01); H03M 7/3059 (2013.01); H03M 7/3082 (2013.01); G06F 9/30018 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a processor supports one or more compression assist instructions which may be employed in compression software to improve the performance of the processor when performing compression/decompression. That is, the compression/decompression task may be performed more rapidly and consume less power when the compression assist instructions are employed then when they are not. In some cases, the cost of a more effective, more complex compression algorithm may be reduced to the cost of a less effective, less complex compression algorithm.