Single chip multiprocessor with shared execution units

Details Single chip multiprocessor with shared execution units Single chip multiprocessor with shared execution units

1997-06-06

1999-11-16

De Cady, Albert

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing

Processing architecture

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712 10, G06F 1300

Patent

active

059875879

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to multiprocessors which has several microprocessors on a single chip. Efficiency is improved by stripping certain functions that are used less freely from the microprocessor and sharing these functions between several symmetric microprocessors. This method allows each CPU to occupy a smaller area while preserving complete symmetry of capability for software simplification. For example, the shared execution units can include the floating point unit and multimedia execution units.

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Gwennap, "Dansoft Develops VLIW Design", Microdesign Resources, p. 21, Feb. 17, 1997.

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