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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2001
Gerald G. Pechanek, Cary, NC (US);
Juan G. Revilla, Cary, NC (US);
Bops, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for concurrently executing controller single instruction single data (SISD) instructions and single instruction multiple data (SIMD) processing element instructions comprising a combined controller and processing element. At least first and second simplex instructions each comprise a mode of operation bit, said mode of operation bit in the first simplex instruction specifying a controller SISD operation for execution by the controller, and the mode of operation bit in the second simplex instruction specifying a procesing element SIMD operation for execution by the processsing element. A very long instruction word (VLIW) contains said at least first and second simplex instructions.