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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
May. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Craig C Hansen, Los Altos, CA (US);
Henry Massalin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Microunity Engeering Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36474807 ; 36473602 ; 364757 ; 364758 ; 36476003 ; 3647505 ; 36472416 ; 39580009 ; 39580035 ;
Abstract
A multiplier array processing system which improves the utilization of the multiplier and adder array for lower-precision arithmetic is described. New instructions are defined which provide for the deployment of additional multiply and add operations as a result of a single instruction, and for the deployment of greater multiply and add operands as the symbol size is decreased.