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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:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1996
Duncan G Elliott, Etobicoke, CA;
W Martin Snelgrove, Toronto, CA;
Mosaid Technologies Incorporated, Kanata, CA;
Abstract
A random access memory chip comprising static random access storage elements, word lines and bit lines connected to the storage elements, a sense amplifier connected to each of the bit lines, a separate processor element connected to each of the sense amplifiers, apparatus for addressing a word line, and apparatus for applying a single instruction to the processor elements, whereby the instructed processor elements are enabled to carry out a processing instruction in parallel on separate bits stored in the storage elements of the addressed word line. A method of operating a digital computer comprising in one operation cycle, addressing a memory, reading each of a row of data from the memory in parallel, and performing an operation function on each bit of the data in parallel to provide a result.