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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2011
Applicant:
Scott Pitkethly, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventor:
Scott Pitkethly, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2006.01); G06F 7/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2013.01); G06F 9/30 (2013.01); G06F 7/48 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a microprocessor includes fetch logic for retrieving an instruction, decode logic configured to identify a plurality of operands and a multiply operation specified in the instruction, and execution logic configured to receive the plurality of operands and the multiply operation. The execution logic includes a first logic path configured to perform the multiply operation on the plurality of operands and output a result, and a second logic path, arranged in parallel with the first logic path, configured to output metadata associated with the result of the multiply operation.