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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2000
Charles P. Roth, Austin, TX (US);
Ravi Kolagotla, Austin, TX (US);
Jose Fridman, Brookline, MA (US);
Charles P. Roth, Austin, TX (US);
Ravi Kolagotla, Austin, TX (US);
Jose Fridman, Brookline, MA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a programmable processor searches an array of N data elements in response to N/M machine instructions, where the processor has a pipeline configured to process M data elements in parallel. In response to the machine instructions, a control unit directs the pipeline to retrieve M data elements from the array of elements in a single fetch cycle, concurrently compare the data elements to M current extreme values, and update the current extreme values, as well as M references to the current extreme values, based on the comparisons.