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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2002
Stephen Barlow, Cambridge, GB;
Neil Bailey, Cambridge, GB;
Timothy Ramsdale, Cambridge, GB;
David Plowman, Saffron Walden, GB;
Robert Swann, Cambridge, GB;
Stephen Barlow, Cambridge, GB;
Neil Bailey, Cambridge, GB;
Timothy Ramsdale, Cambridge, GB;
David Plowman, Saffron Walden, GB;
Robert Swann, Cambridge, GB;
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A vector processing system for executing vector instructions, each instruction defining multiple pairs of values, an operation to be executed on each of said value pairs and a scalar modifier, the vector processing system comprising a plurality of parallel processing units, each arranged to receive one of said pairs of values and to implement the defined operation on said value pair to generate a respective result; and a scalar result unit for receiving the results of the parallel processing units and for using said results in a manner defined by the scalar modifier to generate a single output value for said instruction.