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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2007
Tyson J. Bergland, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Craig M. Okruhlica, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael J. M. Toksvig, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Justin M. Mahan, Fremont, CA (US);
Edward A. Hutchins, Mountain View, CA (US);
Tyson J. Bergland, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Craig M. Okruhlica, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael J. M. Toksvig, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Justin M. Mahan, Fremont, CA (US);
Edward A. Hutchins, Mountain View, CA (US);
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Sourcing immediate values from a very long instruction word includes determining if a VLIW sub-instruction expansion condition exists. If the sub-instruction expansion condition exists, operation of a portion of a first arithmetic logic unit component is minimized. In addition, a part of a second arithmetic logic unit component is expanded by utilizing a block of a very long instruction word, which is normally utilized by the first arithmetic logic unit component, for the second arithmetic logic unit component if the sub-instruction expansion condition exists.