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Performing a multiply-multiply-accumulate instruction

US8478969B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 24, 2010
Grant dateJul 2, 2013
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Expiry dateJan 12, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/3893
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, the present invention includes a processor having multiple execution units, at least one of which includes a circuit having a multiply-accumulate (MAC) unit including multiple multipliers and adders, and to execute a user-level multiply-multiply-accumulate instruction to populate a destination storage with a plurality of elements each corresponding to an absolute value for a pixel of a pixel block. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

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