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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
John S. Fernando, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Frank T. Lemmon, Allentown, PA (US);
Shaun P. Whalen, Wescosville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Agere Systems Guardian Corp., Orlando, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/40 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/40 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method that speeds the processing of data vectors in a digital processor is disclosed. In accordance with the present invention, a vector zero overhead loop with parallel issue processes multiple data elements at the same time, and yet is programmed with readable assembly language and requires neither vector registers nor a lot of extra registers to implement.