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Vector processor configured to operate on variable length vectors using digital signal processing instructions

US10339095B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Optimum Semiconductor Technologies Inc. · US

Inventors

Mayan Moudgill · White Plains, US
Gary J. Nacer · Morristown, US
C. John Glossner · Nashua, US
Arthur Joseph Hoane · Yonkers, US
Paul Hurtley · White Plains, US
Murugappan Senthilvelan · Carmel, US
Pablo Balzola · Madrid, ES
Vitaly Kalashnikov · Stamford, US
Sitij Agrawal · Irvington, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 19, 2015
Grant date	Jul 2, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 25, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F17/142
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer processor is disclosed. The computer processor comprises a vector unit comprising a vector register file comprising one or more registers to hold a varying number of elements. The computer processor further comprises processing logic configured to operate on the varying number of elements in the vector register file using one or more digital signal processing instructions. The computer processor may be implemented as a monolithic integrated circuit.

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