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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Satoshi Ogura, Moriguchi, JP;
Shinya Miyaji, Hirakata, JP;
Nobuo Higaki, Osaka, JP;
Masato Suzuki, Toyonaka, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36474503 ; 395562 ;
Abstract
A processor including an arithmetic operation circuit and a saturation operation correction circuit both of which are connected in parallel to a register and a data bus and are activated by respective operation instructions. The saturation operation correction circuit judges whether an output from a register file exceeds either of a predetermined upper-most value and a predetermined lower-most value, and selectively outputs one of an operation result, the upper-most value, and the lower-most value.