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GB2393281B - Method for rounding values for a plurality of parallel processing elements - Google Patents

Method for rounding values for a plurality of parallel processing elements

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Publication number
GB2393281B
GB2393281B GB0309200A GB0309200A GB2393281B GB 2393281 B GB2393281 B GB 2393281B GB 0309200 A GB0309200 A GB 0309200A GB 0309200 A GB0309200 A GB 0309200A GB 2393281 B GB2393281 B GB 2393281B
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Prior art keywords
parallel processing
processing elements
rounding values
rounding
values
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Expired - Fee Related
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GB0309200A
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GB2393281A (en
GB0309200D0 (en
Inventor
Mark Beaumont
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Micron Europe Ltd
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Micron Europe Ltd
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Priority claimed from GB0221562A external-priority patent/GB0221562D0/en
Priority claimed from GB0221563A external-priority patent/GB2395299B/en
Application filed by Micron Europe Ltd filed Critical Micron Europe Ltd
Publication of GB0309200D0 publication Critical patent/GB0309200D0/en
Priority to US10/689,382 priority Critical patent/US7437726B2/en
Publication of GB2393281A publication Critical patent/GB2393281A/en
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    • 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
    • G06F15/8007—Architectures of general purpose stored program computers comprising an array of processing units with common control, e.g. single instruction multiple data processors single instruction multiple data [SIMD] multiprocessors
    • G06F15/8023—Two dimensional arrays, e.g. mesh, torus
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    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F7/00—Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled
    • G06F7/02—Comparing digital values
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    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
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    • G06F15/7807—System on chip, i.e. computer system on a single chip; System in package, i.e. computer system on one or more chips in a single package
    • G06F15/7821—Tightly coupled to memory, e.g. computational memory, smart memory, processor in memory
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    • 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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F7/00—Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled
    • G06F7/02—Comparing digital values
    • G06F7/026—Magnitude comparison, i.e. determining the relative order of operands based on their numerical value, e.g. window comparator

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  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Multi Processors (AREA)
  • Image Processing (AREA)
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GB0309200A 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method for rounding values for a plurality of parallel processing elements Expired - Fee Related GB2393281B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US10/689,382 US7437726B2 (en) 2003-04-23 2003-10-20 Method for rounding values for a plurality of parallel processing elements

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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GB0221562A GB0221562D0 (en) 2002-09-17 2002-09-17 Host memory interface for a parallel processor
GB0221563A GB2395299B (en) 2002-09-17 2002-09-17 Control of processing elements in parallel processors

Publications (3)

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GB0309200D0 GB0309200D0 (en) 2003-05-28
GB2393281A GB2393281A (en) 2004-03-24
GB2393281B true GB2393281B (en) 2005-09-14

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Family Applications (12)

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GB0309199A Expired - Fee Related GB2393280B (en) 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method for manipulating data in a group of processing elements to transpose the data using a memory stack
GB0309209A Expired - Fee Related GB2393287B (en) 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method for using extrema to load balance a loop of parallel processing elements
GB0309211A Expired - Fee Related GB2393288B (en) 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method of obtaining interleave interval for two data values
GB0309205A Expired - Fee Related GB2393284B (en) 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method for finding global extrema of a set of shorts distributed across an array of parallel processing elements
GB0309206A Expired - Fee Related GB2393285B (en) 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method for finding global extrema of a set of bytes distributed across an array of parallel processing elements
GB0309207A Expired - Fee Related GB2393286B (en) 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method for finding local extrema of a set of values for a parallel processing element
GB0309214A Expired - Fee Related GB2393290B (en) 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method for load balancing a loop of parallel processing elements
GB0309204A Expired - Fee Related GB2393283B (en) 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method for load balancing an N-dimensional array of parallel processing elements
GB0309198A Expired - Fee Related GB2393279B (en) 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method for manipulating data in a group of processing elements
GB0309202A Expired - Fee Related GB2393282B (en) 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method for using filtering to load balance a loop of parallel processing elements
GB0309212A Expired - Fee Related GB2393289C (en) 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method for load balancing a line of parallel processing elements
GB0309200A Expired - Fee Related GB2393281B (en) 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method for rounding values for a plurality of parallel processing elements

Family Applications Before (11)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB0309199A Expired - Fee Related GB2393280B (en) 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method for manipulating data in a group of processing elements to transpose the data using a memory stack
GB0309209A Expired - Fee Related GB2393287B (en) 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method for using extrema to load balance a loop of parallel processing elements
GB0309211A Expired - Fee Related GB2393288B (en) 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method of obtaining interleave interval for two data values
GB0309205A Expired - Fee Related GB2393284B (en) 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method for finding global extrema of a set of shorts distributed across an array of parallel processing elements
GB0309206A Expired - Fee Related GB2393285B (en) 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method for finding global extrema of a set of bytes distributed across an array of parallel processing elements
GB0309207A Expired - Fee Related GB2393286B (en) 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method for finding local extrema of a set of values for a parallel processing element
GB0309214A Expired - Fee Related GB2393290B (en) 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method for load balancing a loop of parallel processing elements
GB0309204A Expired - Fee Related GB2393283B (en) 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method for load balancing an N-dimensional array of parallel processing elements
GB0309198A Expired - Fee Related GB2393279B (en) 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method for manipulating data in a group of processing elements
GB0309202A Expired - Fee Related GB2393282B (en) 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method for using filtering to load balance a loop of parallel processing elements
GB0309212A Expired - Fee Related GB2393289C (en) 2002-09-17 2003-04-23 Method for load balancing a line of parallel processing elements

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WO2001088696A2 (en) * 2000-05-19 2001-11-22 Neale Bremner Smith Processor with load balancing

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GB2393284B (en) 2007-01-03
GB2393283A (en) 2004-03-24
GB2393290B (en) 2005-09-14
GB2393289B (en) 2005-11-30
GB2393285B (en) 2007-01-03
GB2393287B (en) 2005-09-14
GB2393289A (en) 2004-03-24
GB0309199D0 (en) 2003-05-28
GB0309205D0 (en) 2003-05-28
GB2393282B (en) 2005-09-14
GB2393280A (en) 2004-03-24
GB2393282A (en) 2004-03-24
GB2393287A (en) 2004-03-24
GB0309207D0 (en) 2003-05-28
GB2393279A (en) 2004-03-24
GB2393280B (en) 2006-01-18
GB0309209D0 (en) 2003-05-28
GB0309198D0 (en) 2003-05-28
GB0309202D0 (en) 2003-05-28
GB2393284A (en) 2004-03-24
GB2393283B (en) 2005-09-14
GB0309206D0 (en) 2003-05-28
GB0309212D0 (en) 2003-05-28
GB2393285A (en) 2004-03-24
GB2393289C (en) 2008-02-28
GB2393288A (en) 2004-03-24
GB0309211D0 (en) 2003-05-28
GB2393288B (en) 2005-11-09
GB2393281A (en) 2004-03-24
GB2393286B (en) 2006-10-04
GB0309204D0 (en) 2003-05-28
GB0309200D0 (en) 2003-05-28
GB2393290A (en) 2004-03-24
GB2393279B (en) 2006-08-09
GB2393286A (en) 2004-03-24

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