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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2021
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Timothy David Anderson, University Park, TX (US);
Duc Quang Bui, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Mel Alan Phipps, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Todd T. Hahn, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Joseph Zbiciak, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30036 (2013.01); G06F 9/30014 (2013.01); G06F 9/30038 (2023.08); G06F 9/30094 (2013.01); G06F 9/3012 (2013.01);
Abstract
The number of registers required is reduced by overlapping scalar and vector registers. This allows increased compiler flexibility when mixing scalar and vector instructions. Local register read ports are reduced by restricting read access. Dedicated predicate registers reduce requirements for general registers, and allows reduction of critical timing paths by allowing the predicate registers to be placed next to the predicate unit.