摘要:
In one embodiment, a memory cell having a first port and a second port is provided. A first word line is associated with the first port, and a second word line is associated with the second port. A first driver is associated with the first word line, and a second driver is associated with the second word line. A decoder is associated with the first and second drivers.
摘要:
A method for compressing music into a digital format. An audio signal that corresponds to music is received and converted from an analog signal to a digital signal. The audio signal is analyzed, and a tone is identified. The musical note and instrument that correspond to the tone are determined, and data elements that represent the musical note and instrument are then stored.
摘要:
The driver circuit comprises drive means (Q2) for drawing an output current from a bus line (13) in a first state of the circuit. An output diode (S1) in the path of the output current is reverse biased in a second state of the circuit to isolate the drive means from the bus line. A control current (I.sub.Q2B) for the drive transistor is drawn from the bus line (13), beyond the output diode (S1). By this means, power dissipation (heat) within the driver circuit due to the control current is eliminated. The driver circuit also comprises means (26, S3, P1) for biasing the output during connection of the circuit to a live bus line, so as to reduce noise for other circuits connected to the bus line.
摘要:
A mechanism for performing single-path floating-point rounding in a floating point unit is disclosed. A system of the disclosure includes a memory and a processing device communicably coupled to the memory. In one embodiment, the processing device comprises a floating point unit (FPU) to generate a plurality of status flags for a rounded value of a finite nonzero number. The plurality of status flags are generated based on the finite nonzero number without calculating the rounded value of the finite nonzero number. The plurality of status flags comprises an overflow flag and an underflow flag. The FPU determines whether a rounded value should be calculated for the finite nonzero number based on the plurality of status flags and whether the overflow flag is asserted. Upon determining that the rounded value should be calculated for the finite nonzero number based on the plurality of status flags and that the overflow flag is asserted, the FPU calculates the rounded value of the finite nonzero number based on an overflow rounding. Upon determining that the rounded value should be calculated for the finite nonzero number based on the plurality of status flags and that the overflow flag is not asserted, the FPU calculates the rounded value of the finite nonzero number based on a blended reduced precision rounding.
摘要:
A math circuit for computing an estimate of a transcendental function is described. A lookup table storage circuit has stored therein several groups of binary values, where each group of values represents a respective coefficient of a first polynomial that estimates the function to a high precision. A computing circuit uses a portion of a binary value, that is also taken from one of the groups of values, to evaluate a second polynomial that estimates the function to a low precision. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
摘要:
A semiconductor chip is described having a functional unit that can execute a first instruction and execute a second instruction. The first instruction is an instruction that multiplies two operands. The second instruction is an instruction that approximates a function according to C0+C1X2+C2X22. The functional unit has a multiplier circuit. The multiplier circuit has: i) a first input to receive bits of a first operand of the first instruction and receive bits of a C1 term of the second instruction; ii) a second input to receive bits of a second operand of the first instruction and receive bits of a X2 term of the second instruction.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for generating multiple locked self-timed pulsed clock signals is disclosed. Race margins are reduced over separate clock generating circuits by sharing the necessary delay circuit elements between the multiple clock generating circuits. An edge is gated with a delayed edge to form the first clock pulse. A subsequent second clock pulse is generated by gating a partially-delayed edge with the first clock pulse, which minimizes race margins and pulse evaporation.
摘要:
Circuits for binary adders to efficiently skip a carry bit over two or more bit positions with two or more carry-skip paths. In one implementation, such a binary adder includes a network of carry-processing cells for producing kill, generate, and propagate signals and carry-skip cells for bypassing certain bit positions with dual-wire differential signal paths to provide high-speed processing of adding operations.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for compressing a digitized image. Boundaries of regions within a digitized image are identified. Shapes are selected from a bank of shapes based on the identified boundaries to represent the regions. Position and size information based on the position and size of the regions within the digitized image are associated with the selected shapes. Values are transmitted indicating the selected shapes and the associated position and size information as a representation of the digitized image.
摘要:
A low voltage swing priority encoder comprising pass cells to provide differential voltages indicative of the leading one of a binary tuple. A tree structure with bypass paths allows for the minimization of the number of pass cells in a signal propagation path so as to reduce signal delay. The pass cells are responsive to control voltages indicative of various Boolean functions of the binary tuple, and a pulse voltage signal is applied to the pass cells. In response to the control voltages and the pulse voltage signal, the pass cells provide differential voltages so that voltage swing of the differential voltages are kept below the supply voltage to reduce dynamic power dissipation. Sense amplifiers sense the differential voltages to provide the final logic level indicative of the leading one of the binary tuple.