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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2000
Dror Halahmi, Tel Aviv, IL;
Yoram Salant, Rosh-Haain, IL;
Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to digital signal processing. One embodiment contemplates a method for performing a digital signal processing operation having a first data word located at a misaligned starting address within a first memory. The method includes outputting the first data word to a register file during a first internal. During a second interval, the method further includes reading a second data word and a third data word from the first memory where the second data word is output to the register file and the third data word is output to the first buffer. Embodiments also contemplate a digital signal processor having a register filed capable of receiving one data word from a memory and one data word from a buffer during each of a series of processing intervals for performing a digital signal operation.