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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2001
Applicants:
Ashley Saulsbury, Los Altos, CA (US);
Daniel S. Rice, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ashley Saulsbury, Los Altos, CA (US);
Daniel S. Rice, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to the invention, a process for averaging two pixel values is disclosed. In one step, an instruction is decoded. A plurality of first operands is loaded from a first input register. A plurality of second operands is loaded from a second input register. An average of one of the plurality of first operands and one of the plurality of second operands is produced. The average is stored in an output register.