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Exception reporting mechanism for a vector processor

US5043867A · kind A · utility

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27Claims
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Filing dateMar 18, 1988
Grant dateAug 27, 1991
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Expiry dateMar 18, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/30189
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data process system capable of executing vector instructions and scalar instructions detects the occurrence of arithmetic exception conditions and allows subsequent scalar instruction processing until execution of the next vector instruction is required.

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