GB2216307B - Vector register file - Google Patents

Vector register file

Info

Publication number: GB2216307B
Authority: GB; United Kingdom
Prior art keywords: register file; vector register; vector; file; register
Prior art date: 1988-03-01
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired - Fee Related

Application number

GB8903962A

Other versions

GB8903962D0 (en

GB2216307A (en

Inventor

Glen S Miranker

Steve Johnson

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

KUBOTA PACIFIC COMPUTER Inc

Ardent Computer Corp

Original Assignee

KUBOTA PACIFIC COMPUTER Inc

Ardent Computer Corp

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1988-03-01

Filing date

1989-02-22

Publication date

1992-08-26

1989-02-22 Application filed by KUBOTA PACIFIC COMPUTER Inc, Ardent Computer Corp filed Critical KUBOTA PACIFIC COMPUTER Inc

1989-04-05 Publication of GB8903962D0 publication Critical patent/GB8903962D0/en

1989-10-04 Publication of GB2216307A publication Critical patent/GB2216307A/en

1992-08-26 Application granted granted Critical

1992-08-26 Publication of GB2216307B publication Critical patent/GB2216307B/en

2009-02-22 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F12/00—Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures
- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F15/00—Digital computers in general; Data processing equipment in general
- G06F15/76—Architectures of general purpose stored program computers
- G06F15/80—Architectures of general purpose stored program computers comprising an array of processing units with common control, e.g. single instruction multiple data processors
- G06F15/8053—Vector processors
- G06F15/8076—Details on data register access
- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F12/00—Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures
- G06F12/02—Addressing or allocation; Relocation
- G06F12/06—Addressing a physical block of locations, e.g. base addressing, module addressing, memory dedication
- G06F12/0607—Interleaved addressing
- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
- G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
- G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
- G06F9/30098—Register arrangements
- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
- G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
- G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
- G06F9/30098—Register arrangements
- G06F9/30101—Special purpose registers
- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
- G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
- G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
- G06F9/30098—Register arrangements
- G06F9/3012—Organisation of register space, e.g. banked or distributed register file
- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
- G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
- G06F9/46—Multiprogramming arrangements
- G06F9/461—Saving or restoring of program or task context
- G06F9/462—Saving or restoring of program or task context with multiple register sets

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
Computing Systems (AREA)
Complex Calculations (AREA)
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GB8903962A 1988-03-01 1989-02-22 Vector register file Expired - Fee Related GB2216307B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US16273888A	1988-03-01	1988-03-01

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
GB8903962D0 GB8903962D0 (en)	1989-04-05
GB2216307A GB2216307A (en)	1989-10-04
GB2216307B true GB2216307B (en)	1992-08-26

Family

ID=22586943

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
GB8903962A Expired - Fee Related GB2216307B (en)	1988-03-01	1989-02-22	Vector register file

Country Status (5)

Country	Link
JP (1)	JPH0210467A (en)
KR (1)	KR890015129A (en)
DE (1)	DE3906327A1 (en)
FR (1)	FR2628237A1 (en)
GB (1)	GB2216307B (en)

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US6189094B1 (en)	1998-05-27	2001-02-13	Arm Limited	Recirculating register file
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US7318090B1 (en) *	1999-10-20	2008-01-08	Sony Corporation	Method for utilizing concurrent context switching to support isochronous processes
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JP2004302647A (en) *	2003-03-28	2004-10-28	Seiko Epson Corp	Vector processor and register addressing method
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Citations (7)

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EP0024288A2 (en) *	1979-08-21	1981-03-04	International Business Machines Corporation	Computer system having at least two processors with shared storage
EP0068764A2 (en) *	1981-06-19	1983-01-05	Fujitsu Limited	Vector processing units
EP0165822A2 (en) *	1984-06-21	1985-12-27	Fujitsu Limited	Memory access control system
EP0211617A2 (en) *	1985-07-31	1987-02-25	Unisys Corporation	A scientific processor
EP0224691A2 (en) *	1985-12-02	1987-06-10	International Business Machines Corporation	A multiple read/write access memory system
EP0251559A2 (en) *	1986-06-19	1988-01-07	Fujitsu Limited	Semiconductor memory device
EP0261751A2 (en) *	1986-09-25	1988-03-30	Tektronix, Inc.	Concurrent memory access system

1989
- 1989-02-22 GB GB8903962A patent/GB2216307B/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1989-02-28 DE DE3906327A patent/DE3906327A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1989-02-28 FR FR8902569A patent/FR2628237A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1989-03-01 JP JP1049762A patent/JPH0210467A/en active Pending
- 1989-03-02 KR KR1019890002567A patent/KR890015129A/en not_active Withdrawn

Patent Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
EP0024288A2 (en) *	1979-08-21	1981-03-04	International Business Machines Corporation	Computer system having at least two processors with shared storage
EP0068764A2 (en) *	1981-06-19	1983-01-05	Fujitsu Limited	Vector processing units
EP0165822A2 (en) *	1984-06-21	1985-12-27	Fujitsu Limited	Memory access control system
EP0211617A2 (en) *	1985-07-31	1987-02-25	Unisys Corporation	A scientific processor
EP0224691A2 (en) *	1985-12-02	1987-06-10	International Business Machines Corporation	A multiple read/write access memory system
EP0251559A2 (en) *	1986-06-19	1988-01-07	Fujitsu Limited	Semiconductor memory device
EP0261751A2 (en) *	1986-09-25	1988-03-30	Tektronix, Inc.	Concurrent memory access system

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
GB8903962D0 (en)	1989-04-05
KR890015129A (en)	1989-10-28
FR2628237A1 (en)	1989-09-08
JPH0210467A (en)	1990-01-16
DE3906327A1 (en)	1989-09-14
GB2216307A (en)	1989-10-04

Publication	Publication Date	Title
ZA899587B (en)	1990-09-26	File system
AU107835S (en)	1990-06-06	Attache case
YU208688A (en)	1991-02-28	Vice
GB2216307B (en)	1992-08-26	Vector register file
AU106717S (en)	1990-02-06	Cash register
AU106495S (en)	1990-01-29	Carry case
GB8909350D0 (en)	1989-06-14	File system
GB8805172D0 (en)	1988-04-07	Document wallet
EP0346104A3 (en)	1990-06-13	Board-in type contact-connectors
AU106424S (en)	1990-01-08	Cash register
ZA892269B (en)	1990-07-25	Peptides
GB8821077D0 (en)	1988-10-05	Peptides
GB8828302D0 (en)	1989-01-05	Document wallet
ZA895461B (en)	1990-02-28	Modified proteins
ZA893039B (en)	1990-01-31	Parazolopyridine type mevalonolactones
GB8828097D0 (en)	1989-01-05	Peptides
GB8828098D0 (en)	1989-01-05	Peptides
GB8815302D0 (en)	1988-08-03	Decorave bow
GB2218967B (en)	1992-05-13	Case
GB2219252B (en)	1992-02-26	Document wallet
IE881514L (en)	1988-11-22	Episonal vector
CA60664S (en)	1988-04-19	Card file
GB8905000D0 (en)	1989-04-19	Briefcase
GB8917856D0 (en)	1989-09-20	Briefcase
AU105568S (en)	1989-10-20	Carrying case

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
1992-05-13	732	Registration of transactions, instruments or events in the register (sect. 32/1977)
1996-10-09	PCNP	Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee	Effective date: 19960222