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SIMD four-pixel average instruction for imaging and video applications

  • US 20050213842A1
  • Filed: 03/26/2004
  • Published: 09/29/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving image data; and

    executing an averaging instruction to average a plurality of pixels of the image data;

    wherein executing the averaging instruction generates a set of four-pixel averages, each four-pixel average generated from two pixels in a first source register and two pixels in a second source register; and

    wherein executing the averaging instruction comprises;

    adding successive pixels from the first source register to successive pixels of the second source register generating a plurality of intermediate results; and

    adding two of the plurality of intermediate results and repeating with different combinations of the plurality of intermediate results generating a plurality of sum results.

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