摘要:
A semiconductor device performs operation in synchronization with a certain clock signal. The semiconductor device includes a control unit for outputting operation control information, a storage unit for storing data, a first operation unit for performing operation on first data in accordance with first operation control information, and a second operation unit for performing operation on second data in accordance with second operation control information. The first operation unit includes a plurality of operation circuits. The number of logic gates constituting the entire operation circuits is m. The second operation unit includes at least one operation circuit in which the number of logic gates is n (n>m). Each of the total delay of the operation unit or the total delay of the operation unit is set at a value equal to or less than the cycle of the clock signal.
摘要:
A plurality of operation units connected in a pipeline structure performs an operation processing on data. A process control unit operates in synchronization with a system clock signal and generates a process control signal for controlling the operation units upon receiving a data notification signal that notifies the process control unit of an arrival of data from outside. A clock-control signal generating unit operates in synchronization with the system clock signal and generates a clock control signal for controlling a clock supply to each of the operation units upon receiving the process control signal.
摘要:
A semiconductor device for performing data processing by performing a plurality of computations in cycles includes a pipeline formed by connecting a plurality of computing units in series, each of the computing units including: a data line for receiving data; a control line for receiving a rule signal; a circuit information control unit configured to store, before data processing, several circuit information items, and to output a first one of the several circuit information items according to the rule signal received via the control line in a first cycle of the data processing; a processing element configured to construct an execution circuit according to the first circuit information item, to perform a computation using data from the data line, and to output a computation result; a data register for storing the computation result, and for outputting the computation result in a second cycle; and a control register for storing the rule signal and for outputting the rule signal in the second cycle. The semiconductor further includes a controller configured to control output timing of the rule signal to the control line of a first-stage one of the computing units in the pipeline and to control output timing of the data to the data line of the first-stage computing unit in the first cycle, so that the plurality of computing units are operated as a pipeline.
摘要:
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of operating units, a controller that controls the plurality of operating units according to predetermined state transition, a first storage that stores data to be processed, a second storage that stores circuit information specifying an operation process performed in the plurality of operating units, a third storage that stores data access information for the first storage and a pointer for the second storage in association with a state of the controller. The controller reads an address and the pointer stored in the third storage according to the state, and transmits the circuit information stored in a region of the second storage specified by the read pointer to the plurality of operating units.
摘要:
A semiconductor device for performing data processing by performing a plurality of computations in cycles includes a pipeline formed by connecting a plurality of computing units in series, each of the computing units including: a data line for receiving data; a control line for receiving a rule signal; a circuit information control unit configured to store, before data processing, several circuit information items, and to output a first one of the several circuit information items according to the rule signal received via the control line in a first cycle of the data processing; a processing element configured to construct an execution circuit according to the first circuit information item, to perform a computation using data from the data line, and to output a computation result; a data register for storing the computation result, and for outputting the computation result in a second cycle; and a control register for storing the rule signal and for outputting the rule signal in the second cycle. The semiconductor further includes a controller configured to control output timing of the rule signal to the control line of a first-stage one of the computing units in the pipeline and to control output timing of the data to the data line of the first-stage computing unit in the first cycle, so that the plurality of computing units are operated as a pipeline.
摘要:
A semiconductor device performs operation in synchronization with a certain clock signal. The semiconductor device includes a control unit for outputting operation control information, a storage unit for storing data, a first operation unit for performing operation on first data in accordance with first operation control information, and a second operation unit for performing operation on second data in accordance with second operation control information. The first operation unit includes a plurality of operation circuits. The number of logic gates constituting the entire operation circuits is m. The second operation unit includes at least one operation circuit in which the number of logic gates is n (n>m). Each of the total delay of the operation unit or the total delay of the operation unit is set at a value equal to or less than the cycle of the clock signal.
摘要:
A plurality of operation units connected in a pipeline structure performs an operation processing on data. A process control unit operates in synchronization with a system clock signal and generates a process control signal for controlling the operation units upon receiving a data notification signal that notifies the process control unit of an arrival of data from outside. A clock-control signal generating unit operates in synchronization with the system clock signal and generates a clock control signal for controlling a clock supply to each of the operation units upon receiving the process control signal.
摘要:
A semiconductor device includes a first arithmetic engine which executes a first arithmetic process in every cycle and outputs first data representing the result of the first arithmetic process and a first valid signal representing a first or second value in every cycle, and a second arithmetic engine which executes a second arithmetic process in every cycle and outputs second data representing the result of the second arithmetic process and a second valid signal representing the first or second value in every cycle. The device also includes an inter-arithmetic-engine buffer which is used to exchange the first data and the second data between the first and second arithmetic engines, enables write of the first or second data if the first or second valid signal indicates the first value, and inhibits write of the first or second data if the first or second valid signal indicates the second value.
摘要:
A bus apparatus for transferring information between a bus master and a bus slave includes a plurality of pipeline registers capable of transmitting information from the bus master to the bus slave by a pipeline processing; and a plurality of management devices that manage each pipeline register. Also, the management device includes: a holding state keeping unit that keeps a holding state as information indicating whether a current stage's pipeline register corresponding to the management device holds information; an adjacent stage's holding state specifying unit that specifies the holding state of a previous stage's pipeline register that transmits information to the current stage's pipeline register and the holding state of a subsequent stage's pipeline register to which information from the current stage's pipeline register is transmitted; and a transfer control unit that determines whether information held by the corresponding pipeline register is transferred.
摘要:
A bus apparatus for transferring information between a bus master and a bus slave includes a plurality of pipeline registers capable of transmitting information from the bus master to the bus slave by a pipeline processing; and a plurality of management devices that manage each pipeline register. Also, the management device includes: a holding state keeping unit that keeps a holding state as information indicating whether a current stage's pipeline register corresponding to the management device holds information; an adjacent stage's holding state specifying unit that specifies the holding state of a previous stage's pipeline register that transmits information to the current stage's pipeline register and the holding state of a subsequent stage's pipeline register to which information from the current stage's pipeline register is transmitted; and a transfer control unit that determines whether information held by the corresponding pipeline register is transferred.