Abstract: A processing unit of the embodiments includes an instruction memory that holds a plurality of instructions specified by addresses, and that cannot execute read and write operations concurrently, an error correction circuit that detects and corrects an error in the instruction, a program counter, an instruction buffer that holds the instruction corrected as a corrected instruction, a program counter buffer that holds an address of the instruction where an error has been detected, a selector that selects and outputs any of the output of the error correction circuit and the output of the instruction buffer, and a control unit that controls the read and write of the instruction specified by the address from and into the instruction memory. The control unit writes the corrected instruction in the instruction memory using an address held in the program counter buffer when a predetermined condition is satisfied after the occurrence of the error.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus connectable to a main memory in which a plurality of pixel values of unconverted image is stored and a cache memory including a plurality of cache blocks. The apparatus includes a counter, a coordinate determination module, a memory controller, a cache access module, a pixel value calculator, and an output module. The counter determines a coordinate within converted image according to a predetermined execution sequence. The coordinate determination module determines a plurality of coordinates within unconverted image of the pixel values of unconverted image necessary to calculate a pixel value of converted image corresponding to the coordinate within converted image. The memory controller transfers the pixel values of unconverted image stored in the main memory to the cache blocks corresponding to each of the coordinates within unconverted image.

Abstract: A processing unit of the embodiments includes an instruction memory that holds a plurality of instructions specified by addresses, and that cannot execute read and write operations concurrently, an error correction circuit that detects and corrects an error in the instruction, a program counter, an instruction buffer that holds the instruction corrected as a corrected instruction, a program counter buffer that holds an address of the instruction where an error has been detected, a selector that selects and outputs any of the output of the error correction circuit and the output of the instruction buffer, and a control unit that controls the read and write of the instruction specified by the address from and into the instruction memory. The control unit writes the corrected instruction in the instruction memory using an address held in the program counter buffer when a predetermined condition is satisfied after the occurrence of the error.

Abstract: An image processor includes a video input unit that counts the number of input pixel data and a command fetch/issue unit calculates, when a command including information concerning a relative position register in which a delay amount from input of pixel data until execution of a command is stored is fetched, a pixel position of processing target pixel data based on the delay amount and a count result and determines, based on the calculated pixel position, whether signal processing should be performed or specifies an operand used in arithmetic operation.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus connected to an external memory and a cache memory. The apparatus includes a counter, a coordinate calculator, a tag checker, a pixel referring module, a pixel value calculator and an outputting module. The counter determines a converted coordinate according to a predetermined execution sequence. The coordinate calculator calculates a unconverted coordinate used to calculate a converted pixel value located at the converted coordinate. The tag checker generates a conversion request to calculate the converted pixel value with reference to an unconverted pixel located at the unconverted coordinate. The pixel referring module reads the unconverted pixel from the cache memory based on the conversion request when the unconverted pixel is stored in the cache memory. The pixel value calculator calculates the converted pixel value with reference to the read unconverted pixel.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a compiling device compiling a source program written so as to use a frame memory includes a processing delay amount calculator configured to calculate respective processing delay amounts between a plurality of process tasks in the source program on the basis of processing states of pieces of data processed by the process tasks. The compiling device also includes a line memory amount calculator configured to calculate respective line memory sizes required for each of the process tasks on the basis of an access range of a frame memory from which the process task reads data and an instruction code converter configured to convert the plurality of process tasks to instruction codes executable in a pipeline on the basis of the processing delay amounts and the line memory sizes.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus has: a data memory configured to store image data; an RP register configured to hold a two-dimensional address indicating a position of an RP in a frame of image data; and an RP control section configured to control the two-dimensional address held by the RP register on the basis of the width and height of the frame. Furthermore, the image processing apparatus has an address calculation unit configured to, when reading target pixel data is read from the data memory on the basis of an instruction code provided with a field for specifying a two-dimensional relative position from the RP by a combination of two immediate values, calculate an address at which the reading target pixel data is stored, on the basis of the two-dimensional address, the combination of immediate values and the width of the frame.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus connectable to a main memory in which a plurality of pixel values of unconverted image is stored and a cache memory including a plurality of cache blocks. The apparatus includes a counter, a coordinate determination module, a memory controller, a cache access module, a pixel value calculator, and an output module. The counter determines a coordinate within converted image according to a predetermined execution sequence. The coordinate determination module determines a plurality of coordinates within unconverted image of the pixel values of unconverted image necessary to calculate a pixel value of converted image corresponding to the coordinate within converted image. The memory controller transfers the pixel values of unconverted image stored in the main memory to the cache blocks corresponding to each of the coordinates within unconverted image.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus connected to an external memory and a cache memory. The apparatus includes a counter, a coordinate calculator, a tag checker, a pixel referring module, a pixel value calculator and an outputting module. The counter determines a converted coordinate according to a predetermined execution sequence. The coordinate calculator calculates a unconverted coordinate used to calculate a converted pixel value located at the converted coordinate. The tag checker generates a conversion request to calculate the converted pixel value with reference to an unconverted pixel located at the unconverted coordinate. The pixel referring module reads the unconverted pixel from the cache memory based on the conversion request when the unconverted pixel is stored in the cache memory. The pixel value calculator calculates the converted pixel value with reference to the read unconverted pixel.

Abstract: A memory controller, on receiving a write request to write write-data into an address of a second memory region issued by a processor, determines whether read-data requested to be read from an address of a first memory region by the processor is matched with the write-data requested to be written into the address of the second memory region, and if the read-data is matched with the write-data, prevents the write-data from being written into the address of the second memory region.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a compiling device compiling a source program written so as to use a frame memory includes a processing delay amount calculator configured to calculate respective processing delay amounts between a plurality of process tasks in the source program on the basis of processing states of pieces of data processed by the process tasks. The compiling device also includes a line memory amount calculator configured to calculate respective line memory sizes required for each of the process tasks on the basis of an access range of a frame memory from which the process task reads data and an instruction code converter configured to convert the plurality of process tasks to instruction codes executable in a pipeline on the basis of the processing delay amounts and the line memory sizes.

Abstract: A compiling apparatus includes an instruction-sequence-hierarchy-graph generating unit that generates an instruction sequence hierarchy graph by arraying unit graphs, to each of which a data path realized by a plurality of microinstructions included in one instruction sequence is to be allocated and in each of which function units included in a target processor are a node and a data line between the function units is an edge, to correspond to an execution order of a plurality of instruction sequences and by connecting arrayed unit graphs with an edge corresponding to a hardware path capable of establishing a data path across the instruction sequences; a data path allocating unit that allocates a data path to each of the unit graphs constituting the instruction sequence hierarchy graph; and an object program output unit that generates an instruction sequence group based on the data path allocated to the instruction sequence hierarchy graph.

Abstract: A microprocessor that can perform sequential processing in data array unit includes: a load store unit that loads, when a fetched instruction is a load instruction for data, a data sequence including designated data from a data memory in memory width unit and specifies, based on an analysis result of the instruction, data scheduled to be designated in a load instruction in future; and a data temporary storage unit that stores use-scheduled data as the data specified by the load store unit.

Abstract: An input unit that sequentially writes a digital image signal to be input in a first buffer while counting number of pixels of the digital image signal, and that writes the written digital image signal in a second buffer; and a command fetching/issuing unit that calculates a position of a pixel based on process delay information that is added to an image processing command and that indicates a delay amount required until image processing by the command is started since the input of the digital image signal, and a counter value indicating the number of pixels, and that issues the image processing command when the position of the pixel is in a valid area are included. Image processing is performed on pixels written in the second buffer based on the issued image processing command.

Abstract: An image processor includes a video input unit that counts the number of input pixel data and a command fetch/issue unit calculates, when a command including information concerning a relative position register in which a delay amount from input of pixel data until execution of a command is stored is fetched, a pixel position of processing target pixel data based on the delay amount and a count result and determines, based on the calculated pixel position, whether signal processing should be performed or specifies an operand used in arithmetic operation.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus has: a data memory configured to store image data; an RP register configured to hold a two-dimensional address indicating a position of an RP in a frame of image data; and an RP control section configured to control the two-dimensional address held by the RP register on the basis of the width and height of the frame. Furthermore, the image processing apparatus has an address calculation unit configured to, when reading target pixel data is read from the data memory on the basis of an instruction code provided with a field for specifying a two-dimensional relative position from the RP by a combination of two immediate values, calculate an address at which the reading target pixel data is stored, on the basis of the two-dimensional address, the combination of immediate values and the width of the frame.

Abstract: A memory controller controls a memory access to each memory region out of one or more memory regions in SIMD unit. The memory controller includes: a pointer-calculation hardware unit that increments by unit SIMD a value of an access control pointer corresponding to each of the memory regions at different timings corresponding to an access mode set beforehand in each memory region; and a memory-access-control hardware unit that calculates an access destination address in each of the memory regions based on a value of an access control pointer in the memory region, and causes a memory access in SIMD unit to be performed to the calculated access destination address.

Abstract: A memory controller, on receiving a write request to write write-data into an address of a second memory region issued by a processor, determines whether read-data requested to be read from an address of a first memory region by the processor is matched with the write-data requested to be written into the address of the second memory region, and if the read-data is matched with the write-data, prevents the write-data from being written into the address of the second memory region.

Abstract: A processor including an integer processing unit and a data processing unit. The processor can be operated by a first instruction format or a second instruction format. The first instruction format includes only an instruction for the integer processing unit, and is executed in the integer processing unit alone. The second instruction format includes instructions for the integer processing unit and the data processing unit, the second instructions being executed in both the integer processing unit and the data processing unit in parallel. When an instruction in the first instruction format is to be executed, only in the integer processing unit, a control signal is generated in the integer processing unit and is supplied to the data processing unit to halt an operation of the data processing unit.

Abstract: A processor core for realizing efficient operation processing by connecting an extended arithmetic unit to its exterior and a processor incorporating such a processing core are provided. The processor includes the processor core, a data memory accessed by the processor core, and the extended arithmetic unit connected to the exterior of the processor core for processing a particular instruction. The extended arithmetic unit executes an arithmetic operation by using arithmetic operation data retained in a register file in the processor core, and directly outputs an arithmetic operation result to the processor core. Then, the processor core saves the result of the arithmetic operation executed by the extended arithmetic unit and inputted therefrom in the register file in the processor core.