Three input arithmetic logic unit with mask generator
US5590350A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 30, 1993 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F7/57
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data processing apparatus includes a three input arithmetic logic unit (230) that generates a combination of the three inputs that is selected by a function signal. Data registers (200) store the three data inputs and the arithmetic logic unit output. The second input signal comes from a controllable barrel rotator (235). The rotate amount is a default rotate amount stored in a special data register, a predetermined set of bits of data recalled from a data register or zero. A one's constant source (236) is connected to the barrel rotator (235) to supply a multibit digital signal of "1". This permits generating a second input signal of the form 2.sup.N, with N being the rotate amount. The output of the barrel rotator (235) may be stored independently of the arithmetic logic unit (230) result. A controllable shifter is an alternative to the barrel rotator (235). The third input signal comes from a multiplexer (233) that selects between an instruction specified immediate field, data recalled from a data register or a mask input from a mask generator (239). One preferred form of the mask has a number of right justified 1's corresponding to a mask input signal. This mask input signal …
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