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System and method for performing compound vector operations

  • US 6,192,384 B1
  • Filed: 09/14/1998
  • Issued: 02/20/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A data processing system comprising:

  • a controller;

    at least one arithmetic cluster capable of independently and sequentially performing compound arithmetic operations, responsive to commands directly operatively provided from the controller, on data presented at an input thereof and providing resultant processed data at an output thereof, and capable of utilizing intermediate data generated as a result of performing the operations in subsequent operations without retrieving the intermediate data from a source external to that arithmetic cluster; and

    a stream register file directly operatively coupled to the cluster and being selectively readable and writable, responsive to commands from the controller, by each of the at least one arithmetic cluster for holding the resultant processed data of the at least one arithmetic cluster.

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