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US 7,629,999 B2Granted
Printer CPU with VLIW processor
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorKia Silverbrook
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Abstract
A processor for controlling a printer, the processor comprising: an input interface for receiving input image data; and, a very long instruction word (VLIW) processor connected to the input interface for processing the input image data to generate output image data.
Claims17
A processor for controlling a printer, the processor comprising:
- an input interface for receiving input image data;
- and,
- a very long instruction word (VLIW) processor connected to the input interface for processing the input image data to generate output image data, the VLIW processor having four processing units each connected by a cross bar switch and each interconnected to their nearest neighbors to form a ring, each processing unit providing two inputs to, and taking two outputs from, the crossbar switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.