Patent №
US 6,502,181
Granted
2002-12-31
Filed 1999
Owner
ZILOG, INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09398257
A controller for executing instructions has one the order of five addressing modes and can allow executing of processes concurrently in multiple modes. A specific embodiment can effectively run legacy code written for the Z80 micoprocessor without requiring recompiling of code. An optional embodiment includes autonomous Multiply/Accumulator Engine (MAC) optimized to perform sum-of-products (SOP) operations with little controller overhead, making the invention capable of more effectively handling a number of processing tasks, particularly tasks related to digital signal processing (DSP).
AI classification
Ownership
ZILOG, INC.
assignment · 103750769
Assignors
MACKENNA, CRAIG, YEARSLEY, GYLE
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.