EP0795154A4 - Microprocessor with compare operation of composite operands - Google Patents

Microprocessor with compare operation of composite operands

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Publication number
EP0795154A4
EP0795154A4 EP95943654A EP95943654A EP0795154A4 EP 0795154 A4 EP0795154 A4 EP 0795154A4 EP 95943654 A EP95943654 A EP 95943654A EP 95943654 A EP95943654 A EP 95943654A EP 0795154 A4 EP0795154 A4 EP 0795154A4
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European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
microprocessor
compare operation
composite operands
operands
composite
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Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Withdrawn
Application number
EP95943654A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP0795154A1 (en
Inventor
Alexander Peleg
Yaakov Yaari
Millind Mittal
Larry M Mennemeier
Benny Eitan
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Intel Corp
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Intel Corp
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Application filed by Intel Corp filed Critical Intel Corp
Publication of EP0795154A1 publication Critical patent/EP0795154A1/en
Publication of EP0795154A4 publication Critical patent/EP0795154A4/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/30003—Arrangements for executing specific machine instructions
    • G06F9/30007—Arrangements for executing specific machine instructions to perform operations on data operands
    • G06F9/3001—Arithmetic instructions
    • G06F9/30014—Arithmetic instructions with variable precision
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F7/00—Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled
    • G06F7/06—Arrangements for sorting, selecting, merging, or comparing data on individual record carriers
    • G06F7/20—Comparing separate sets of record carriers arranged in the same sequence to determine whether at least some of the data in one set is identical with that in the other set or sets
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F7/00—Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled
    • G06F7/02—Comparing digital values
    • G06F7/026—Magnitude comparison, i.e. determining the relative order of operands based on their numerical value, e.g. window comparator
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/30003—Arrangements for executing specific machine instructions
    • G06F9/30007—Arrangements for executing specific machine instructions to perform operations on data operands
    • G06F9/30021—Compare instructions, e.g. Greater-Than, Equal-To, MINMAX
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/30003—Arrangements for executing specific machine instructions
    • G06F9/30007—Arrangements for executing specific machine instructions to perform operations on data operands
    • G06F9/30036—Instructions to perform operations on packed data, e.g. vector, tile or matrix operations
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2207/00—Indexing scheme relating to methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled
    • G06F2207/38—Indexing scheme relating to groups G06F7/38 - G06F7/575
    • G06F2207/3804—Details
    • G06F2207/3808—Details concerning the type of numbers or the way they are handled
    • G06F2207/3828—Multigauge devices, i.e. capable of handling packed numbers without unpacking them
EP95943654A 1994-12-02 1995-12-01 Microprocessor with compare operation of composite operands Withdrawn EP0795154A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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US34904094A 1994-12-02 1994-12-02
US349040 1994-12-02
PCT/US1995/015719 WO1996017292A1 (en) 1994-12-02 1995-12-01 Microprocessor with compare operation of composite operands

Publications (2)

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EP0795154A1 EP0795154A1 (en) 1997-09-17
EP0795154A4 true EP0795154A4 (en) 1999-03-10

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