METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING A LOW POWER MODE FOR A PROCESSOR

    公开(公告)号:AU2002351403A1

    公开(公告)日:2003-07-09

    申请号:AU2002351403

    申请日:2002-12-18

    Applicant: INTEL CORP

    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a triggering event is initiated to place a processor in a low power state. The processor may or may not flush a cache upon entering the low power state depending on a power status signal. The power status signal may indicated the relative priority of power reduction associated with placing the processor in the low power state without first flushing the cache versus an increase in soft error rate in the cache associated with reducing the voltage in the low power state.

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    公开(公告)号:DE69628325D1

    公开(公告)日:2003-06-26

    申请号:DE69628325

    申请日:1996-12-24

    Applicant: INTEL CORP

    Abstract: A computer system which includes a multimedia input device which generates an audio or video input signal and a processor coupled to the multimedia input device. The system further includes a storage device coupled to the processor and having stored therein a signal processing routine for multiplying and accumulating input values representative of the audio or video input signal. The signal processing routine, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform several steps. These steps include performing a packed multiply add on a first set of values packed into a first source and a second set of values packed into a second source each representing input signals to generate a packed intermediate result. The packed intermediate result is added to an accumulator to generate a packed accumulated result in the accumulator. These steps may be iterated with the first set of values and portions of the second set of values to the accumulator to generate the packed accumulated result. Subsequent thereto, the packed accumulated result in the accumulator is unpacked into a first result and a second result and the first result and the second result are added together to generate an accumulated result.

    A PROCESSOR FOR PERFORMING SHIFT OPERATIONS ON PACKED DATA

    公开(公告)号:CA2205830C

    公开(公告)日:2000-08-15

    申请号:CA2205830

    申请日:1995-12-01

    Applicant: INTEL CORP

    Abstract: The processor (109) includes a decoder (202) being coupled to receive a control signal (207). The control signal has a first source address, a second source address, a destination address, and an operation field. The first source address corresponds to a first location. The second source address corresponds to a second location. The destination address corresponds to a third location. The operation field indicates that a type of packed data shift operation is to be performed. The processor further includes a circuit (203) being coupled to the decoder. The circuit is for shifting a first packed data being stored at the first location by a value being stored at the second location. The circuit is further for communicating a corresponding result packed data to the third location.

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