Abstract: A processor for sequentially executing a plurality of programs using a plurality of register value groups stored in a memory that correspond one-to-one with the programs.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus performs switching between an exception handler and normal processing. The information processing apparatus includes a processor; a data processing unit that performs particular processing upon receiving a processing request from the processor; an interrupt controller that issues an interrupt request to the processor; and an exception control unit that controls the interrupt controller, wherein the data processing unit is connected with the exception control unit via a dedicated line. The data processing unit includes a notification unit that notifies, via the dedicated line, the exception control unit of status information indicating current status of the data processing unit, and based on the notified status information and setup information set by the processor, the exception control unit judges whether to cause the interrupt controller to issue an interrupt request to execute an exception handler to the processor.

Abstract: A processor according to the present invention cyclically executes a plurality of threads, for each time period allocated thereto. The processor stores, for each thread, configuration information of operation cells. Each of the threads (i) causes the execution of a different predetermined number of operation cells in series, and successively reconfigures an operation cell that has completed a last operation thereof in the time period allocated to a current thread, based on a stored piece of configuration information of the operation cell that corresponds to a next thread, and (ii) causes concurrent execution of an operation cell having a configuration for the current thread and an operation cell having a configuration for the next thread.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus performs switching between an exception handler and normal processing. The information processing apparatus includes a processor a data processing unit that performs a particular processing upon receiving a processing request from the processor; an interrupt controller that issues an interrupt request to the processor; and an exception control unit that controls the interrupt controller, wherein the data processing unit is connected with the exception control unit via a dedicated line. The data processing unit includes a notification unit that notifies, via the dedicated line, the exception control unit of status information indicating current status of the data processing unit, and based on the notified status information and setup information set by the processor, the exception control unit judges whether to cause the interrupt controller to issue to the processor an interrupt request to execute an exception handler.

Abstract: A processor for sequentially executing a plurality of programs using a plurality of register value groups stored in a memory that correspond one-to-one with the programs.

Abstract: A processor for sequentially executing a plurality of programs using a plurality of register value groups stored in a memory that correspond one-to-one with the programs.

Abstract: A processor according to the present invention cyclically executes a plurality of threads, for each time period allocated thereto. The processor stores, for each thread, configuration information of operation cells. Each of the threads causes the execution of a different predetermined number of operation cells in series, and successively reconfigures an operation cell that has completed a last operation thereof in the time period allocated to a current thread, based on a stored piece of configuration information of the operation cell that corresponds to a next thread, and causes concurrent execution of an operation cell having a configuration for the current thread and (ii) an operation cell having a configuration for the next thread.

Abstract: A processor according to the present invention includes a decoding unit 20, an operation unit 40 and others. When the decoding unit 20 decodes Instruction vcchk, the operation unit 40 and the like judges whether vector condition flags VC0˜VC3 (110) of a condition flag register (CFR) 32 are all zero or not, and (i) sets condition flags C4 and C5 of the condition flag register (CFR) 32 to 1 and 0, respectively, when all of the vector condition flags VC0˜VC3 are zero, and (ii) sets the condition flags C4 and C5 to 0 and 1, respectively, when not all the vector condition flags are zero. Then, the vector condition flags VC0˜VC3 are stored in the condition flags C0˜C3.

Abstract: An arithmetic processing apparatus capable of performing an arithmetic operation for generating a condition flag commonly referred to by using a condition flag generated on an arithmetic operation unit basis in as few steps as possible is provided. The arithmetic processing apparatus, which processes multiple data in parallel based on single instruction, includes: processing elements capable of performing a common arithmetic operation based on the evaluation result of the instruction stored in the instruction register; and a condition flag arithmetic operation unit capable of performing one of the logical operation and the comparison operation on the condition flag retained in each processing element, transferring the operation result to each processing element, and updating the condition flag based on the operation result.

Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus capable of performing switching between an exception handler and normal processing, the information processing apparatus comprising: An information processing apparatus comprising: a processor; a data processing unit operable to perform particular processing upon receiving a processing request from the processor; an interrupt controller operable to issue an interrupt request to the processor; and an exception control unit operable to control the interrupt controller, wherein the data processing unit is connected with the exception control unit via a dedicated line, the data processing unit includes a notification unit operable to notify, via the dedicated line, the exception control unit of status information showing a current status of the data processing unit, and based on the notified status information and setup information set by the processor, the exception control unit judges whether to cause the interrupt controller to issue an interrupt request to execut

Abstract: A signal-processing apparatus includes an instruction-parallel processor, a first data-parallel processor, a second data-parallel processor, and a motion detection unit, a de-blocking filtering unit and a variable-length coding/decoding unit which are dedicated hardware. With this structure, during signal processing of an image compression and decompression algorithm needing a large amount of processing, the load is distributed between software and hardware, so that the signal-processing apparatus can realize high processing capability and flexibility.

Abstract: In an image encoding device (100) that compression encodes moving pictures, a moving picture count acquisition unit (110) acquires a moving picture count of encoding target moving pictures corresponding to an arbitrary number of input moving pictures, a moving picture acquisition unit (120) acquires one or plural encoding target moving pictures, a processing method designation unit (130), in accordance with the acquired count, designates processing methods relating to encoding processing that affect a computation amount, for example, processing methods relating to a reference image frame count upper limit or a motion vector range, such that the greater the moving picture count is, the smaller the computation amount is, and an encoding processing unit (140) performs encoding processing with respect to the acquired one or plural moving pictures, using time division when the plural moving pictures are plural. The encoding unit (140) performs encoding processing using the designated methods.

Abstract: A processor for sequentially executing a plurality of programs using a plurality of register value groups stored in a memory that correspond one-to-one with the programs.

Abstract: A processor for sequentially executing a plurality of programs using a plurality of register value groups stored in a memory that correspond one-to-one with the programs.

Abstract: A processor for sequentially executing a plurality of programs using a plurality of register value groups stored in a memory that correspond one-to-one with the programs.

Abstract: A Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW) processor having an instruction set with a reduced size resulting in a small number of bits being necessary to specify registers. The VLIW processor includes a register file, and first through third operation units, and executes a very long instruction word. Further, the very long instruction word includes a register specifying field which specifies a least one of the registers in the register file and a plurality of instructions. The operand of each instruction includes bits src1, src2, and dst, which indicate whether or not the registers specified by the register specifying field are to be used as the source register and the destination register.

Abstract: A processor having a plurality of processing elements and a decoder operable to decode an instruction. Each of the plurality of processing elements includes: a transfer pattern storage unit operable to store a transfer pattern value that indicates a processing element from which data is transferred; a transfer unit operable to perform a data transfer from the processing element indicated by the transfer pattern value; and an update unit operable to update the transfer pattern value stored in the transfer pattern storage unit, in accordance with a result of decoding a latest instruction by the decoder.

Abstract: The parallel execution processor 100 fetches a piece of instruction data. When the piece of instruction data includes only one instruction, the instruction decoding unit 120 assigns the one instruction to all the PEs. When the piece of instruction data includes two instructions, the instruction decoding unit 120 forms all the PEs into two groups, so as to assign one instruction to each group. By making it possible to execute, in parallel, not only one type of instruction but also instructions that are different from each other, it is possible to improve the utilization efficiency of the parallel execution processor 100.

Abstract: A processor for sequentially executing a plurality of programs using a plurality of register value groups stored in a memory that correspond one-to-one with the programs.

Abstract: A Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW) processor having an instruction set with a reduced size resulting in a small number of bits being necessary to specify registers. The VLIW processor includes a register file, and first through third operation units, and executes a very long instruction word. Further, the very long instruction word includes a register specifying field which specifies a least one of the registers in the register file and a plurality of instructions. The operand of each instruction includes bits src1, src2, and dst, which indicate whether or not the registers specified by the register specifying field are to be used as the source register and the destination register.