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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Peter Gentle, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott Pitkethly, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Peter Gentle, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott Pitkethly, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/499 (2006.01); G06F 7/48 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2013.01); G06F 7/48 (2013.01); G06F 9/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a microprocessor includes fetch logic for retrieving an instruction, decode logic configured to identify an arithmetic operation specified in the instruction, and execution logic configured to receive operands specified by the instruction. The execution logic includes a primary logic path configured to perform the arithmetic operation on such operands and a secondary parallel logic path configured to output metadata associated with the result of the arithmetic operation.