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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2005
Weng Wah Loh, Bristol, GB;
Fraser John Dickin, Bristol, GB;
Thomas Rathbone, Bristol, GB;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
This invention provides a processor, especially for use as the central processing unit of a memory tag. The processorhas a minimal footprint in Silicon or other suitable material. It also is driven by the data that it receives. The processor includes a pluralityof registers configured to receive in parallel data that are input to the processor, and to process in parallel the received data, and a micro sequencer and instruction decoder moduleadapted to select two or more of the plurality of registers to receive the data that are input to the processor, and to control the processing of the received data by the end or more selected registers. A memorydevice utilizing such a processor, and a method of processing instructions are also provided.