Apparatus for and method of processing data

A method of processing data using a data processing apparatus comprising a plurality of signal processing units, each of the plurality of signal processing units including a register that stores intrinsic identification (ID) information and stores a parameter to be used for a signal processing operation, the plurality of signal processing units operatively connected to one another and operative to transmit respective output data signals in a predetermined sequential order and to select any one of a first processing operation of storing the parameter in the register based on an input data signal and a second processing operation of sequentially processing the input data signal using the parameter in response to a first mode control signal that corresponds to the first processing operation or a second mode control signal that corresponds to the second processing operation, the method comprising:

• determining whether the first processing operation or the second processing operation is to be performed based on the first mode control signal or the second mode control signal;
• determining whether a parameter ID included in the input data signal corresponds to the intrinsic ID information when it is determined that the first processing operation is to be performed;
• and
• writing a corresponding parameter included in the input data signal in the register during the first processing operation when the parameter ID corresponds to the intrinsic ID information.

A data processing apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of signal processing units, each of the plurality of signal processing units including a register having identification (ID) information, the plurality of signal processing units sequentially connected to one another and operative to selectively execute a first processing operation of writing an externally input data signal as a parameter in the register and a second processing operation of processing the externally input data signal using the parameter written in the register to transmit an output data signal;
• and
• a control unit that applies a first mode control signal that corresponds to the first processing operation or a second mode control signal that corresponds to the second processing operation to the plurality of signal processing units to execute any one of the first processing operation and the second processing operation;
• wherein when the first processing operation is performed, each of the plurality of signal processing units determines whether a parameter ID of the externally input data signal corresponds to the ID information and writes a corresponding parameter included in the externally input data signal in the register when the parameter ID of the externally input data signal corresponds to the ID information.