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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2002
Aki Launiainen, Tampere, FI;
Nokia Mobile Phones, Ltd., Espoo, FI;
Abstract
The invention relates to memory processing in a microprocessor. The microprocessor comprises a memory indicated by means of alignment boundaries for storing data, at least one register for storing data used during calculation, memory addressing means for indicating the memory by means of the alignment boundaries and for transferring data between the memory and the register, and a hardware shift register, which can be shifted with the accuracy of one bit, and which comprises a data loading zone and a guard zone. The memory addressing means transfer data including a memory addressing which cannot be fitted into the alignment boundary between the memory and the register through the data loading zone in the hardware shift register, and the hardware shift register is arranged to process data using shifts and utilizing the guard zone.