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Combining of several execution units to compute a single wide scalar result

US10275391B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Nicol Hofmann · Stuttgart, DE
Michael Klein · Schenefeld, DE
Cedric Lichtenau · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 23, 2017
Grant date	Apr 30, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 29, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F15/7867
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A circuit includes reconfigurable units that are reconfigurable to compute a combined result. A first intermediate result of a first reconfigurable unit of the reconfigurable units is exchanged with a second intermediate result of the second reconfigurable unit of the reconfigurable units. The first reconfigurable unit computes a first portion of the combined result utilizing the second intermediate result. The second reconfigurable unit of the reconfigurable units computes a second portion of the combined result utilizing the first intermediate result.

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