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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
May. 19, 2006
Stephen Barlow, Cambridge, GB;
Neil Bailey, Cambridge, GB;
Timothy Ramsdale, Cambridge, GB;
David Plowman, Saffron Walder, GB;
Robert Swann, Cambridge, GB;
Stephen Barlow, Cambridge, GB;
Neil Bailey, Cambridge, GB;
Timothy Ramsdale, Cambridge, GB;
David Plowman, Saffron Walder, GB;
Robert Swann, Cambridge, GB;
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A vector processing system for executing vector instructions, each instruction defining multiple value pairs, an operation to be executed and a modifier, the vector processing system comprising a plurality of parallel processing units, each arranged to receive one of said pairs of values and, when selected, to implement an operation on said value pair to generate a result, each processing unit comprising at least one flag and being selectable in dependence on a condition defined by said at least one flag, wherein the modifier defines the condition under which the parallel processing unit is individually selected.