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US 2006/0149938 A1Published application
Determining a register file region based at least in part on a value in an index register
OwnerHong Jiang, Val Cook +2inventors
InventorsHong Jiang, Val Cook, Thomas Piazza, Michael Dwyer
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Abstract
According to some embodiments, a value is retrieved from a location in an index register. A region in a register file may then be determined based at least in part on the value. Information may then be stored into the determined region of the register file.
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A method, comprising:
- retrieving a value from a location in an index register;
- determining a region in a register file based at least in part on the value;
- and
- storing information into the determined region of the register file.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a single instruction, multiple data execution engine;
- a register file on the same die as the execution engine;
- and
- an index file on the same die as execution engine and the register file, the index file to store a value describing a region in the register file where information will be stored.
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A system, comprising:
- an n-channel single instruction, multiple-data execution engine, n being an integer greater than 1;
- a register file;
- an index file to store an origin of a region in the register file where information will be stored by the execution engine;
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- a graphics data unit.
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