Processor exploiting trivial arithmetic operations
US9223575B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 16, 2008 |
| Grant date | Dec 29, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3016
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present application relates to the field of processors and in particular to the carrying out of arithmetic operations. Many of the computations performed by processors consist of a large number of simple operations. As a result, a multiplication operation may take a significant number of clock cycles to complete. The present application provides a processor having a trivial operand register, which is used in the carrying out of arithmetic or storage operations for data values stored in a data store.
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