Data processor with flexible multiply unit
US6711602B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 31, 2000 |
| Grant date | Mar 23, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 31, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3853
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention includes a pair of parallel 16×16 multipliers each with two 32-bit inputs and one 32-bit output. There are options to allow input halfword and byte selection for four independent 8×8 or two independent 16×16 multiplications, real and imaginary parts of comple×multiplication, pairs of partial sums for 32×32 multiplication, and partial sums for 16×32 multiplication. There are options to allow internal hardwired routing of each multiplier unit results to achieve partial-sum shifting as required to support above options. There is a redundant digit arithmetic adder before final outputs to support additions for partial sum accumulation, complex multiplication vector accumulation and general accumulation for FIRs/IIRs—giving MAC unit functionality. There are options controlled using bit fields in a control register passed to the multiplier unit as an operand. There are also options to generate all of the products needed for complex multiplication.
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