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EP0144123A2 Digital data processor for multiplying data elements by coefficients
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相乘数据元素和系数的数字数据处理器。
- Patent Title: Digital data processor for multiplying data elements by coefficients
- Patent Title (中): 相乘数据元素和系数的数字数据处理器。
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Application No.: EP84306215.9Application Date: 1984-09-10
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Publication No.: EP0144123A2Publication Date: 1985-06-12
- Inventor: McCanny, John Vincent Dept. of Elect. & Electronic , McWhirter, John Graham , Wood, Kenneth William
- Applicant: NATIONAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: 101 Newington Causeway London SE1 6BU GB
- Assignee: NATIONAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NATIONAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: 101 Newington Causeway London SE1 6BU GB
- Agency: Beckham, Robert William
- Priority: GB8326690 19831005
- Main IPC: G06F15/347
- IPC: G06F15/347
Abstract:
A digital data processor is provided to multiply data elements by coefficients. It includes a systolic array (70) of cells (71) consisting of nearest neighbour connected gated full adders. The cells (71) multiply data bits received from laterally adjacent cells (70) and subsequently pass them on. The product is added to a cumulative sum bit from a cell above and to a carry bit recirculated from an earlier computation. The output is passed to a cell (71) below, and a new carry bit is recirculated for addition in a subsequent computation. Data and coefficients are input in counterflow to opposite sides of the array (70). An adder tree (110) accumulates non-simultaneously computed contributions to individual output terms. The tree (110) incorporates a delay (122) and switches (120, 121) arranged to implement or bypass the delay (122) according to earlier or later computation of a contribution. By virtue of this accumulation, the processor provides reduced cell redundancy compared to the prior art.
Public/Granted literature
- EP0144123B1 Digital data processor for multiplying data elements by coefficients Public/Granted day:1989-03-29
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