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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
May. 31, 2000
Laurence H. Cooke, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Christopher E. Phillips, San Jose, CA (US);
Dale Wong, San Francisco, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method for automatically compiling a computer program written in a high level programming language into an intermediate data structure. The data structure is analyzed to identify critical blocks of logic, which can be implemented as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), to improve overall performance. The critical blocks of logic are transformed into new equivalent logic with maximal data parallelism. The parallelized logic is then translated into a Boolean gate representation, which is suitable for implementation on an ASIC. The ASIC may be coupled with a generic microprocessor via custom instruction for the microprocessor. The original computer program is then compiled into object code with the new expanded target instruction set.