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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2000
Timothy John Lindquist, Thornleigh, AU;
Timothy John Lindquist, Thornleigh, AU;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a computer processor () comprising a plurality of processing units (FU_n) and communication means () by which the plurality of processing units are interconnected. The communication means is dynamically configurable based on a computer program to be processed such that the processing units can selectively be arranged in at least first and second distinct configurations. The first distinct configuration (eg.) has a larger number of the processing units arranged in parallel than the second distinct configuration (eg.), and the second distinct configuration has a deeper pipeline depth than the first distinct configuration.