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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2004
Ryutaro Yamanaka, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetoshi Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Hideyuki Kabuo, Kyoto, JP;
Minoru Okamoto, Suita, JP;
Kevin Mark Stone, Lafayette, CA (US);
Ryutaro Yamanaka, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetoshi Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Hideyuki Kabuo, Kyoto, JP;
Minoru Okamoto, Suita, JP;
Kevin Mark Stone, Lafayette, CA (US);
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A digital signal processor includes a functional unit configured to execute instructions. The functional unit determines a first minimum data of a first data and a second data, in parallel with a determination of a second minimum data of a third data and a fourth data. The functional unit outputs processed data including the first minimum data and the second minimum data. Each bit length of the first minimum data and the second minimum data is equal to n bits in length. A bit length of the processed data is equal to 2 n bits in length.