System and method for conditional moving an operand from a source register to destination register

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6298438
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09303513

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A multimedia extension unit (MEU) is provided for performing various multimedia-type operations. The MEU can be coupled either through a coprocessor bus or a local CPU bus to a conventional processor. The MEU employs vector registers, a vector ALU, and an operand routing unit (ORU) to perform a maximum number of the multimedia operations within as few instruction cycles as possible. Complex algorithms are readily performed by arranging operands upon the vector ALU in accordance with the desired algorithm flowgraph. The ORU aligns the operands within partitioned slots or sub-slots of the vector registers using vector instructions unique to the MEU. At the output of the ORU, operand pairs from vector source or destination registers can be easily routed and combined at the vector ALU. The vector instructions employ special load/store instructions in combination with numerous operational instructions to carry out concurrent multimedia operations on the aligned operands.

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GLOBALFOUNDRIES INCPO BOX 309 UGLAND HOUSE GRAND CAYMAN KY1-1104

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Favor, John G Scotts Valley, CA 99 3198
Thayer, John S Houston, TX 27 1207
Weber, Frederick D San Jose, CA 34 2508

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