Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for an instruction that determines whether a value is within a range
- Patent Title (中): 用于确定值是否在范围内的指令的装置和方法
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Application No.: US13996520Application Date: 2011-12-23
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Publication No.: US09411586B2Publication Date: 2016-08-09
- Inventor: Thomas R. Craver , Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall
- Applicant: Thomas R. Craver , Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Nicholson De Vos Webster & Elliott, LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2011/067212 WO 20111223
- International Announcement: WO2013/095638 WO 20130627
- Main IPC: G06F9/30
- IPC: G06F9/30 ; G06F9/38

Abstract:
A method is described that includes performing the following with a single instruction: receiving a first input operand V; receiving a second input operand S; calculating V−S; determining if V−S is positive or negative; and, providing as a resultant: V if V−S is negative; V−S if V−S is positive.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140032877A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AN INSTRUCTION THAT DETERMINES WHETHER A VALUE IS WITHIN A RANGE Public/Granted day:2014-01-30
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