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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2003
Taro Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichiro Furuta, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Motomura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichiro Anjo, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshikazu Yabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Toru Awashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Takao Toi, Kanagawa, JP;
Noritsugu Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Taro Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichiro Furuta, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Motomura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichiro Anjo, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshikazu Yabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Toru Awashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Takao Toi, Kanagawa, JP;
Noritsugu Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
NEC Electronics Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A multiplicity of processor elements, which both individually execute data processing in accordance with instruction codes that have been set as data and for which mutual connection relations are switch-controlled, are arranged in matrix form, and the instruction codes of this multiplicity of processor elements are successively switched by a state control unit. The state control units are composed of a plurality of units that intercommunicate to realize linked operation, and the multiplicity of processor elements is divided into a number of element areas that corresponds to the number of state control units. The plurality of state control units are arranged for each of the plurality of element areas and are connected to the processor elements, whereby the plurality of state control units can individually control a plurality of small-scale state transitions, or the plurality of state control units can cooperate to control a single large-scale state transition.