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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
May. 22, 2003
Applicants:
Cornelis Hermanus Van Berkel, Eindhoven, NL;
Patrick Peter Elizabeth Meuwissen, Eindhoven, NL;
Nur Engin, Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Cornelis Hermanus Van Berkel, Eindhoven, NL;
Patrick Peter Elizabeth Meuwissen, Eindhoven, NL;
Nur Engin, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
ST-Ericsson SA, Plan-les-Ouates, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A scalar/vector processor includes a plurality of functional units (). At least one of the functional units includes a vector section () for operating on at least one vector and a scalar section () for operating on at least one scalar. The vector section and scalar section of the functional unit co-operate by the scalar section being arranged to provide and/or consume at least one scalar required by and/or supplied by the vector section of the functional unit.