N-wide add-compare-select instruction

Details N-wide add-compare-select instruction N-wide add-compare-select instruction

2002-03-28

2008-11-18

Pan, Daniel (Department: 2183)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing

Processing control

Branching

C712S227000, C714S795000, C714S796000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07454601

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a method and system for providing an N-wide add-compare-select instruction includes decoding an instruction as an N-wide add-compare-select instruction and selecting a plurality of branch metrics. The method also includes combining the plurality of branch metrics with a plurality of source operands and outputting a pair of maximum values.

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patent: 6848074 (2005-01-01), Coombs
patent: 2002/0031195 (2002-03-01), Honary

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