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Method and software for partitioned group element selection operation

  • US 8,001,360 B2
  • Filed: 01/16/2004
  • Issued: 08/16/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/16/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of processing data in a single programmable processor, the method comprising:

  • decoding a single instruction for selectively arranging data, specifying a data selection operand and a first and a second register each having a register width, the single instruction independently specifying the first register and the second register, the first and second registers providing a plurality of data elements each having an elemental width smaller than the register width, the data selection operand comprising a plurality of fields each selecting any one of the plurality of data elements and each field having a value not restricted by the other fields included in the data selection operand; and

    providing in parallel the data elements selected by the fields to respective predetermined positions in a catenated result, wherein the predetermined positions are in the same order as the fields of the data selection operand.

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