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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2000
Subramania Sudharsanan, Union City, CA (US);
Jeffrey Meng Wah Chan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael F. Deering, Los Altos, CA (US);
Marc Tremblay, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott R. Nelson, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Subramania Sudharsanan, Union City, CA (US);
Jeffrey Meng Wah Chan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael F. Deering, Los Altos, CA (US);
Marc Tremblay, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott R. Nelson, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for efficiently performing graphic operations are provided. This is accomplished by providing a processor that supports any combination of the following instructions: parallel multiply-add, conditional pick, parallel averaging, parallel power, parallel reciprocal square root and parallel shifts.