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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2002
Jean-pierre Giacalone, Vence, FR;
Jean-Pierre Giacalone, Vence, FR;
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for allowing a digital signal processor (DSP) in a data processing system to perform high speed division operations. In one embodiment of the invention a division operation is performed in no more than two cycles. In another embodiment of the invention, the division operations are in fractional format. The data processing apparatus comprises a random access memory, a processor (), and an interface () coupling said random access memory () to said processor, said interface enables high speed division operations associated with said processor. The interface of the present invention can also be combined with a dual or co-processor system to increase the data processing efficiency.