IP Library Granted Patent US 8,429,385
Granted Patent B2
US 8,429,385 · App. 10/490,081 · Granted Apr 23, 2013

Device including a field having function cells and information providing cells controlled by the function cells

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Patent No.
US 8,429,385
App. No.
10/490,081
Granted
Apr 23, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cell element field for data processing having function cells for execution of algebraic and/or logic functions and memory cells for receiving, storing and/or outputting information is described. A control connection may lead from the function cells to the memory cells.

Claims (7)

1. A method for operating a multidimensional cell element field having function cells for the execution of at least one of algebraic and logic functions and information-providing cells that include at least one of memory cells and input-output cells for at least one of receiving, storing, and outputting information, the method comprising:

outputting by at least one of the function cells a control instruction to at least one of the information-providing cell, the control instruction indicating one of (a) whether information is to be handled as an address, and (b) whether information is to be handled as data;

in response to the control instruction:

accessing information by the at least one information-providing cell for the at least one function cell, and

providing the accessed information to the at least one function cell; and

in response to the provided information, processing data by the at least one function cell as a sequencer for controlling an order in which instructions are executed.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the function cells are adapted for outputting at least one of the following control instructions: an OPCODE FETCH instruction, a DATA WRITE INTERNAL instruction, a DATA WRITE EXTERNAL instruction, a DATA READ INTERNAL instruction, a DATA READ EXTERNAL instruction, an ADDRESS POINTER WRITE INTERNAL instruction, an ADDRESS POINTER WRITE EXTERNAL instruction, an ADDRESS POINTER READ INTERNAL instruction, an ADDRESS POINTER READ EXTERNAL instruction, a PROGRAM POINTER WRITE INTERNAL instruction, a PROGRAM POINTER WRITE EXTERNAL instruction, a PROGRAM POINTER READ INTERNAL instruction, a PROGRAM POINTER READ EXTERNAL instruction, a STACK POINTER WRITE INTERNAL instruction, a STACK POINTER WRITE EXTERNAL instruction, a STACK POINTER READ INTERNAL instruction, a STACK POINTER READ EXTERNAL, PUSH instruction, a POP instruction, and a PROGRAM POINTER INCREMENT instruction.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2018
From: PACT XPP TECHNOLOGIES AG
To: SCIENTIA SOL MENTIS AG
Reel/Frame 045532/0745 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2014
From: RICHTER, THOMAS; KRASS, MAREN
To: PACT XPP TECHNOLOGIES AG
Reel/Frame 032225/0089 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2010
From: PACT XPP TECHNOLOGIES AG
To: RICHTER, THOMAS, MR.; KRASS, MAREN, MS.
Reel/Frame 023882/0403 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2004
From: VORBACH, MARTIN
To: PACT XPP TECHNOLOGIES AG
Reel/Frame 016031/0795 →