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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 1998
Filed:
May. 14, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nathan Mackenzie Sidwell, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics Ltd., Almondsbury Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395898 ; 395562 ;
Abstract
A computer and a method of operating a computer is disclosed which allow manipulation of data values in the context of the execution of so-called 'packed instructions'. Packed instructions are carried out on packed operands. A packed operand comprises a data string consisting of a plurality of sub-strings, each defining a particular data value or object. The invention relates to a restructuring instruction which allows objects to be reorganised within a data string thereby minimising loading and storing operations to memory.