Data access and permute unit
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1. A data processing unit for a computer comprising:
- a register file;
a register access and permute unit capable of accessing at least one data operand in said register file based on a single data access instruction, said register access and permute unit comprising permute circuitry operable to selectively permute said accessed data operand based on a permute opcode portion of said single data access instruction; and
a data execution unit arranged in series with said register access and permute unit, said data execution unit being operable to perform an operation on said selectively permuted data operand based on an execution opcode portion of said single data access instruction.
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Abstract
According to embodiments of the invention, there is disclosed a data processing unit, a method of operating the same, computer program product and an instruction. In one embodiment according to the invention, there is provided a data processing unit for a computer processor, the data processing unit comprising a deep register access mechanism capable of performing a permutation operation on at least one data operand accessed from a register file of the computer processor, the permutation operation being performed in series with (i) register access for the data operand and (ii) execution of a data processing operation on the operand.
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42 Claims
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1. A data processing unit for a computer comprising:
- a register file;
a register access and permute unit capable of accessing at least one data operand in said register file based on a single data access instruction, said register access and permute unit comprising permute circuitry operable to selectively permute said accessed data operand based on a permute opcode portion of said single data access instruction; and a data execution unit arranged in series with said register access and permute unit, said data execution unit being operable to perform an operation on said selectively permuted data operand based on an execution opcode portion of said single data access instruction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A data processing unit for a computer processor comprising, in series connectivity, a register access unit, vector permutation circuitry, and at least one execution unit, the apparatus further comprising a decode unit operable, responsive to a single instruction, to control access to at least one vector operand, to selectively permute the at least one vector operand, and to execute at least one further operation.
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18. A method of operating a data processing unit for a computer processor, the method comprising:
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performing, by said data processing unit of said computer processor, a permutation operation responsive to a single data access instruction on at least one data operand accessed from a register file of the computer processor, the permutation operation being performed in series with (i) accessing a register to obtain said at least one data operand and (ii) executing a data processing operation on said at least one data operand; and performing, by said data processing unit of said computer processor, the permutation operation in series with accessing the register based on the single data access instruction. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A data processing unit for a computer comprising:
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a register file; a register access and permute unit capable of accessing at least one data operand in said register file based on a single data access instruction, said register access and permute unit comprising first and second register access and permute circuitry operable to selectively permute said accessed at least one data operand based on a permute opcode portion of said single data access instruction, said first register access and permute circuitry arranged to access first and second operands and perform a permutation selected from one or more of a roll, a sort, a shuffle and said second register access and permute circuitry arranged to access at least one operand and to perform a broadcast permutation; and a data execution unit arranged in series with said register access and permute unit, said data execution unit being operable to perform an operation on said selectively permuted data operand or operands based on an execution opcode portion of said single data access instruction.
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42. A method of operating a data processing unit for a computer processor, the method comprising:
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performing, by said data processing unit of said computer processor, a permutation operation responsive to a single data access instruction on at least one data operand accessed from a register file of the computer processor, the permutation operation being performed in series with (i) accessing a register to obtain said at least one data operand and (ii) executing a data processing operation on said at least one data operand; and performing, by said data processing unit of said computer processor, the permutation operation in series with accessing the register based on the single data access instruction, wherein a first type of permutation operation is performed on a first source operand pair, and a second type of permutation operation is performed on a second source operand.
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