Structure and method for packing and unpacking a stream of N-bit data to and from a stream of N-bit data words
US5423010A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 24, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/30038
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A structure and a method capable of both packing data into and unpacking data from either the little endian or the big endian format are provided. Under the structure and method of the present invention, the packed or unpacked data, as the case may be, is only shifted in one direction. During a packing operation, a stream of n-bit data is packed into a stream of m-bit words. During an unpacking operation, a stream of m-bit packed data is unpacked into a stream of n-bit words. n.ltoreq.m.
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