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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2005
Christopher Edward Koob, Round Rock, TX (US);
Jian Liang, San Diego, CA (US);
Christopher Edward Koob, Round Rock, TX (US);
Jian Liang, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method is disclosed and includes an execution unit that can be used to count the leading zeros in a data word. During operation, the execution unit can receive a data word that has a width of 2 to the Nth power. Further, the execution unit can sign extend the data word to a temporary data word that has a width of 2 to the Mth power, wherein M is greater than N. The temporary data word can be input to a counter that has a width of 2 to the Mth power and the counter can count the leading zeros within the temporary data word to get a result.