Programmable processing unit with an input buffer and output...

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ABSTRACT:
In general, in one aspect, a processing unit includes an input buffer to store data received by the processing unit, a memory, an arithmetic logic unit coupled to the input buffer and to the memory, an output buffer; and control logic having access to a control store of program instructions, the control logic to process instructions including an instruction to transfer data from the input buffer to the memory and an instruction to cause the arithmetic logic unit to perform an operation on operands provided by at least one of the memory and the input buffer, the instruction to output results of the operation to at least one of the memory and the output buffer.

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