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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1997
Kiyokazu Nishioka, Odawara, JP;
Kazuhiko Tanaka, Fujisawa, JP;
Yoshifumi Fujikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Toru Nojiri, Kawasaki, JP;
Keiji Kojima, Sagamihara, JP;
Koichi Terada, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiki Kurokawa, Chigasaki, JP;
Koji Hosoki, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the prevent invention is to provide a processor that can execute many computations with a small number of instruction codes. As far as multimedia processing is concerned, a plurality of computations of a same type are often executed concurrently and hence a plurality of computing units having a same function are used and mode information for controlling the plurality of units by an instruction unit for one computing unit is prepared in each instruction to execute a plurality of computations with a single instruction.