High speed pipeline method and apparatus
US5732233A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 23, 1995 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3869
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data processing apparatus has a number of data processors connected in a series by data lines so that data signals are processed in a preceding processor and communicated to a succeeding processor in the series. The apparatus has a number of control elements, where a control element has first and second inputs receiving processor status signals and an output sending a signal to enable processing. The control element output assumes a certain output state only if both inputs assume the state. The output, having assumed the state, holds the state, despite one of the inputs not holding the state, only if a certain one of the inputs does hold the state.
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