Abstract: In response to an internet interrogation by a user for goods or services, a hypermedia presentation is provided that starts out with delivery and presentation of simple thumbnail descriptions of the available goods and services, and proceeds in steps through delivery and presentation of more complex descriptions. The presentations are arranged in segments and permit multiple modes of operation. Each mode has a different set of attributes that permit progress through the presentation in a different manner. When a user first enters a website, he is placed in navigation mode which enables him to browse the website by moving from category to category of goods, having an initial look at the offerings of each category. The user can then move on to the inspection and/or transaction modes. In the inspection mode: the user can examine in more detail the various aspects of the goods he is interested in; can change to a more detailed explanation; zoom in on various portions of the goods; and obtain related information.

Abstract: A processor is disclosed. The processor relates to a processor having a register file of registers and a dispatch unit capable of issuing up to (i) instructions of a program per cycle to an execution unit having (z) pipelines, wherein some of the instructions specify certain ones of the registers in the register file as source operands and designate certain ones of the registers in the register file as destination registers. The processor also includes a memory for storing the registers of the register file, the memory having (N) access ports configured to access up to (N) registers per cycle, where (N) is less than a maximum number of register values that may need to be accessed during a cycle.