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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 1997
Filed:
May. 26, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas William Thomson, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
HonKai John Tam, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alexander Perez, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mario Nemirovsky, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39580032 ; 3954211 ; 36473001 ; 3642328 ; 3642555 ; 364258 ; 364D / ;
Abstract
A microprocessor execution unit includes an arithmetic unit and an addressing unit. The arithmetic unit performs arithmetic and logical operations on operands. The addressing unit operates in conjunction with the arithmetic unit to calculate offsets, limits, and linear addresses in a single cycle.