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Data driven type information processor including a combined program memory and memory for queuing operand data
Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1993-04-28
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Granted: 1996-11-19
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Expires: 2013-04-28
Abstract
Abstract A data driven type information processor includes a control unit having a function of storing a data flow program and accessing it, and a function of producing an operand data pair, the control unit further including one memory shared by both functions. When a program is executed, program data per 1 accessing to the memory and operand data related to the program data are read out simultaneously and applied to an operation unit. Accordingly, a program memory and a memory for queuing operand data, which, were separately provided in a conventional technique, are combined into a single mechanism. Thereby, the number of stages of processing in program execution in the information processor is reduced and increase in program execution speed is permitted.
Inventors
- 👤 Tsuyoshi Muramatsu
- 👤 Shinichi Yoshida
- 👤 Souichi Miyata
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 07:20
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F9/00; G06F9/06; G06F9/44; G06F9/448; G06F9/4494
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 26
Claim 1
Independent Claim
350 words
A data driven type information processor, comprising: single storage means formed of a plurality of regions for storing at least one program data including instruction information and destination information constituting a data flow program, and at least one queuing data including operand data corresponding to each program data in a single memory data; control means having an input and being operatively connected to said single storage means, for receiving at the input a data packet including a destination field storing said destination information, an instruction field storing said instruction information, and a data field, and for, based on information read out from a region of said storage means addressed by the destination information of the destination field of the received data packet, writing information from the data field of the received data packet into said addressed region as said queuing data so as to correspond to the program data previously stored at the addressed region, or producing a data packet corresponding to each program data stored in said addressed region, said control means, if a data packet is produced, storing destination information and instruction information of each program data stored in said addressed region into a corresponding destination field and instruction field in said produced data packet, respectively; storing contents of the data field of said received data packet into the data field of each produced data packet; also storing said queuing data into the data field of each produced data packet in which corresponding program data is stored, in response to said queuing data being stored in said addressed region; and outputting each produced data packet; and operation means having an output and being operatively connected to said control means to receive each produced data packet from said control means, for performing an operation processing on the contents of the data field of said received data packet according to the information stored in the instruction field of said received data packet, for storing data resulting from the performed operation processing into the data field of said received data packet, and for outputting at the output the received data packet.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
350 words
A data driven type information processor, comprising: single storage means formed of a plurality of regions for storing at least one program data including instruction information and destination information constituting a data flow program, and at least one queuing data including operand data corresponding to each program data in a single memory data; control means having an input and being operatively connected to said single storage means, for receiving at the input a data packet including a destination field storing said destination information, an instruction field storing said instruction information, and a data field, and for, based on information read out from a region of said storage means addressed by the destination information of the destination field of the received data packet, writing information from the data field of the received data packet into said addressed region as said queuing data so as to correspond to the program data previously stored at the addressed region, or producing a data packet corresponding to each program data stored in said addressed region, said control means, if a data packet is produced, storing destination information and instruction information of each program data stored in said addressed region into a corresponding destination field and instruction field in said produced data packet, respectively; storing contents of the data field of said received data packet into the data field of each produced data packet; also storing said queuing data into the data field of each produced data packet in which corresponding program data is stored, in response to said queuing data being stored in said addressed region; and outputting each produced data packet; and operation means having an output and being operatively connected to said control means to receive each produced data packet from said control means, for performing an operation processing on the contents of the data field of said received data packet according to the information stored in the instruction field of said received data packet, for storing data resulting from the performed operation processing into the data field of said received data packet, and for outputting at the output the received data packet.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
202 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 1, wherein said storage means further stores in each of the plurality of regions prescribed information related to both said program data and queuing data stored in each region, and said control means further includes first control means for receiving said data packet and for, based on said prescribed information read out from a region of said storage means addressed by the contents of the destination field of the received data packet, writing contents of the received data packet into the addressed region as said queuing data, or producing a data packet corresponding to each program data in said addressed region, said first control means, if a data packet is produced, storing destination information and instruction information of said each program data into a destination field and instruction field of a corresponding produced data packet, respectively; storing contents of the data field of the received data packet into the data field of each produced data packet; also storing each queuing data into the data field of each produced data packet storing corresponding program data, in response to said queuing data being stored in the addressed region; and outputting each produced data packet.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
241 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 2, wherein said prescribed information includes queuing information indicating whether said queuing data is valid or invalid in said corresponding region, and said first control means further includes second control means, said second control means for receiving said data packet, and for, in response to said queuing information indicating invalidity of said queuing data in said prescribed information read out from the region of said storage means addressed by the contents of the destination field of the received packet, writing the contents of the data field of the received data packet into said addressed region as said queuing data, and setting said corresponding queuing information valid, said second control means further for, in response to said read out queuing information indicating the validity of the queuing data, producing a data packet corresponding to each program data in said addressed region, storing the destination information and instruction information of said each program data in the addressed region into the destination field and instruction field of said corresponding produced data packet, respectively, storing the contents of the data field of the received packet into the data field of each produced data packet, storing each queuing data in the addressed region into the data field of each produced data packet storing corresponding program data, setting said corresponding queuing information to the state indicating corresponding queuing data is invalid, and outputting each produced data packet.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
207 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 1, wherein said data packet further stores generation information to identify said data packet,and said control means further includes first control means, said first control means for receiving said data packet, and for, based on the contents read out from the region of said storage means addressed by the contents of said destination field and said generation information of the received data packet, writing the contents of the received data packet into said addressed region as said queuing data, or producing a data packet corresponding to each program data in said addressed region, said first control means, if a data packet is produced, storing destination information and instruction information in each program data into the destination field and instruction field in said corresponding produced data packet, respectively, storing the contents of the data field of the received data packet into the data field in each produced data packet, storing each queuing data into the data field in each produced data packet storing corresponding program data, in response to said queuing data being stored in the addressed region, storing said generation information of the received data packet into each produced data packet, and outputting each produced data packet.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
206 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 2, wherein said data packet further stores generation information to identify the data packet, and said first control means further includes second control means for receiving said data packet, and for, based on said prescribed information read out from the region of said storage means addressed by the content of said destination field and said generation information in the received data packet, writing the contents of the received data packet into the addressed region as said queuing data, or producing a data packet corresponding to each program data in the addressed region, said second control means, if a data packet is produced, storing destination information and instruction information in each program data into a destination field and instruction field in a corresponding produced data packet, respectively, storing the contents of the data field of the received data packet into the data field in each produced data packet, storing each queuing data into the data field in each produced data packet storing corresponding program data, in response to said queuing data being stored in the addressed region, storing said generation information of the received data packet into each produced data packet, and outputting each produced data packet.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
267 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 3, wherein said data packet further stores generation information to identify the data packet, and said second control means further includes third control means, said third control means for receiving said data packet, and for, in response to queuing information included in said prescribed information read out from the region of said storage means addressed by the contents of the destination field and said generation information of the received data packet indicating the invalidity of said queuing data, writing the content of said data field in the received data packet into the addressed region as said queuing data, and setting said corresponding queuing information to a state meaning the corresponding queuing data is valid, said third control means further for, in response to said read out queuing information indicating the validity of the queuing data, producing a data packet corresponding to each program data in the addressed region, storing destination information and instruction information in each program data in the addressed region into the destination field and the instruction field of the corresponding produced data packet, respectively, storing the contents of the data field in the received data packet into the data field in each produced data packet, storing each queuing data in the addressed region into the data field in each produced data packet storing corresponding program data, storing said generation information of the received data packet into each produced data packet, setting said queuing information corresponding to said addressed region to indicate that the corresponding queuing data is invalid, and outputting each produced data packet.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
261 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 4, wherein said generation information includes first and second generation information, said queuing data includes queuing generation information, and said first control means further includes second control means for receiving said data packet, and for, based on the contents read out from the region of said storage means addressed by the contents of said destination field and said first generation information in the received data packet, writing said second generation information and the contents of said data field in the received data packet into the addressed region as said queuing data, or collating said queuing generation information of the addressed region and said second generation information of the received data packet, any outputting the received data packet without processing in response to non-coincidence in the collation, said second control means in response to coincidence in the collation, producing a data packet corresponding to each program data in the addressed region, storing destination information and instruction information in each program data into the destination field and the instruction field in said corresponding produced data packet, respectively, storing the content of the data field in the received data packet into the data field of each produced data packet, and the second control means, in response to said queuing data being stored in said addressed region, also storing each queuing data into the data field in each produced data packet storing corresponding program data, storing said generation information of the received data packet into each produced data packet, and outputting each produced data packet.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
259 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 5, wherein said generation information includes first and second generation information, said queuing data includes queuing generation information, and said second control means further includes third control means for receiving said data packet, and for, based on said prescribed information read out from the region of said storage means addressed by the contents of said destination field and said first generation information in the received packet, writing said second generation information and the contents of the data field in the received data packet into the addressed region as said queuing data, or collating said queuing generation information of the addressed region and said second generation information of the received data packet, outputting the received data packet without processing in response to non-coincidence in the collation, the third control means, in response to coincidence in the collation, producing a data packet corresponding to each program data in the addressed region, storing destination information and instruction information in each program data into the destination field and instruction field in said corresponding produced data packet, respectively, storing the contents of the data field of the received data packet into the data field of each produced data packet, also storing each queuing data into the data field in each produced data packet storing corresponding program data, and the third control means in response to said queuing data being stored in the addressed region, storing said generation information of the received data packet into each produced data packet, and outputting each produced data packet.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
314 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 6, wherein said generation information includes first and second generation information, said queuing data includes queuing generation information and said third control means further includes fourth control means, said fourth control means for receiving said data packet, and for, in response to queuing information in said prescribed information read out from the region of said storage means addressed by the contents of the destination field and said first generation information of the received data packet indicating the invalidity of said queuing data, writing the contents of said data field and said second generation information of the received data packet into the addressed region as said queuing data, and setting said corresponding queuing information to indicate validity of the queuing data, said fourth control means further for collating said queuing generation information of the addressing region and said second generation information of the received packet in response to said read queuing information indicating the validity of queuing data, outputting the received data packet without processing in response to non-coincidence in the collation, and for, in response to coincidence in the collation, producing a data packet corresponding to each program data in the addressed region, storing the destination information and instruction information of each program data in the addressed region into the destination field and the instruction field in said corresponding produced data packet, respectively, storing the contents of the data field of the received data packet into the data field in each produced data packet, also storing each queuing data in the addressed region into the data field in each produced data packet storing corresponding program data, storing said generation information of the received data packet into each produced data packet, setting said queuing information corresponding to the addressed region to indicate that the corresponding queuing data is invalid, and outputting each produced data packet.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
152 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 1, wherein the data field of said data packet includes a right data field and a left data field for respectively storing right and left operands related to an operator indicated by instruction information stored in a corresponding instruction field, said data packet further including field designation information for designating one of said right data field and said left data field of the produced packet for storage of the contents of the data field, when said control means produces the data packet, and said control means further storing the contents of the data field in the received data packet into one of said right data field and said left data field in each produced data packet based on said field designation of said received data packet, and storing the corresponding queuing data in the other of the right and left data field.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
151 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 2, wherein the data field of said data packet includes a right data field and a left data field for respectively storing right and left operands related to an operator indicated by instruction information stored in a corresponding instruction field, said data packet further including field designation information for designating one of said right data field and said left data field for storage of the contents of the data field, when said first control means produces the data packet, and said first control means further storing the contents of the data field in the received data packet into one of said right data field and said left data field in each produced data packet based on said field designation information of the received data packet, and storing the corresponding queuing data in the other of the right and left data field.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
151 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 3, wherein the data field of said data packet includes a right data field and a left data field for respectively storing right and left operands related to an operator indicated by instruction information stored in a corresponding instruction field, said data packet further including field designation information for designating one of said right data field and said left data field for storage of the contents of the data field, when said second control means produces the data packet, and said second control means further storing the contents of the data field in the received data packet based on said field designation information of said received data packet into one of said right data field and said left data field of each produced data packet, and storing the corresponding queuing data in the other of the right and left data field.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
156 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 4, wherein the data field of said data packet includes a right data field and a left data field for respectively storing right and left operands related to an operator indicated by instruction information stored in a corresponding instruction field, said data packet further including field designation information for designating one of said right data field and said left data field of the produced data packet for storage of the contents of the data field, when said first control means produces the data packet, and said first control means further storing the contents of the data field in the received data packet into one of said right data field and said left data field of each produced data packet based on said field designation information of the received data packet, and storing the corresponding queuing data in the other of the right and left data field.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
156 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 5, wherein the data field of said data packet includes a right data field and a left data field for respectively storing right and left operands related to an operator indicated by instruction information stored in a corresponding instruction field, said data packet further including field designation information for designating one of said right data field and said left data field of the produced data packet for storage of the contents of the data field, when said second control means produces the data packet, and said second control means further storing the contents of the data field in the received data packet into one of said right data field and said left data field in each produced data packet based on said field designation information of said received data packet and storing the corresponding queuing data in the other of the right and left data field.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
151 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 6, wherein the data field of said data packet includes a right data field and a left data field for respectively storing right and left operands related to an operator indicated by instruction information stored in a corresponding instruction field, said data packet further including field designation information for designating one of said right data field and said left data field for storage of the contents of the data field, when said third control means produces the data packet, and said third control means further storing the contents of the data field in the received data packet into one of said right data field and said left data field in each produced data packet based on said field designation information of said received data packet, and storing the corresponding queuing data in the other of the right and left data field.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
148 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 7, wherein the data field of said data packet includes a right data field and a left data field for respectively storing right and left operands related to an operator indicated by instruction information stored in a corresponding instruction field, said data packet further including field designation information for designating one of said right data field and said left data field for storage of the data field, when said second control means produces the data packet, and said second control means further storing the contents of the data field in the received data packet into one of said right data field and said left data field in each produced data packet based on said field designation information of said received data packet, and storing the corresponding queuing data in the other of the right and left data field.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
145 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 8, wherein the data field of said data packet includes a right data field and a left data field for respectively storing right and left operands related to an operator indicated by instruction information stored in a corresponding instruction field, said data packet further including field designation information for designating one of said right data field and said left data field for storage of the contents of the data field, when said third control means produces the data packet, and said third control means further storing the contents of the data field in the received data packet into one of said right data field and left data field based on said field designation information of said received data packet and storing the corresponding queuing data in the other of the right and left data field.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
145 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 9, wherein the data field of said data packet includes a right data field and a left data field for respectively storing right and left operands related to an operator indicated by instruction information stored in a corresponding instruction field, said data packet further including field designation information for designating one of said right data field and said left data field for storage of the contents of the data field, when said fourth control means produces the data packet, and said fourth control means further storing the contents of the data field in the received data packet into one of said right data field and left data field based on said field designation information of said received data packet and storing the corresponding queuing data in the other of the right and left data field.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
88 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 11, wherein said prescribed information includes inversion instruction information for instructing inversion of contents indicated by said field designation information, and said first control means stores the contents of the data field in the received data packet and queuing data corresponding to each produced data packet in said right and left data fields in each produced data packet, based on said field designation information of said received data packet and said inversion instruction information in said addressed region.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
88 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 12, wherein said prescribed information includes inversion instruction information for instructing inversion of contents indicated by said field designation information, and said second control means stores the contents of the data field in the received data packet and queuing data corresponding to each produced data packet in said right and left data fields in each produced data packet, based on said field designation information of said received data packet and said inversion instruction information in said addressed region.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
88 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 14, wherein said prescribed information includes inversion instruction information for instructing inversion of contents indicated by said field designation information, and said second control means stores the contents of the data field in the received data packet and queuing data corresponding to each produced data packet in said right and left data fields in each produced data packet, based on said field designation information of said received data packet and said inversion instruction information in said addressed region.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
88 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 15, wherein said prescribed information includes inversion instruction information for instructing inversion of contents indicated by said field designation information, and said third control means stores the contents of the data field in the received data packet and queuing data corresponding to each produced data packet in said right and left data fields in each produced data packet, based on said field designation information of said received data packet and said inversion instruction information in said addressed region.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
88 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 17, wherein said prescribed information includes inversion instruction information for instructing inversion of contents indicated by said field designation information, and said third control means stores the contents of the data field in the received data packet and queuing data corresponding to each produced data packet in said right and left data fields in each produced data packet, based on said field designation information of said received data packet and said inversion instruction information in said addressed region.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
88 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 18, wherein said prescribed information includes inversion instruction information for instructing inversion of contents indicated by said field designation information, and said fourth control means stores the contents of the data field in the received data packet and queuing data corresponding to each produced data packet in said right and left data fields in each produced data packet, based on said field designation information of said received data packet and said inversion instruction information in said addressed region.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
271 words
A data driven type information processor as recited in claim 1, wherein said control means includes reading means for receiving said data packet, and for addressing said storage means based upon the contents of the destination field of the received data packet, the reading means reading out said program data stored in a region corresponding to the address, field update means for producing a data packet corresponding to each program data read out by said reading means, for storing destination information and instruction information in each read out program data into the destination field and instruction field in a corresponding produced data packet, respectively, for storing the contents of the data field of the received data packet into the data field of each produced data packet, and for outputting each produced data packet, and queuing control means operatively connected to said field update means, for receiving the data packet output by said field update means and for, if the instruction information stored in the received packet is prescribed instruction information, determining whether or not said queuing data is stored in the region corresponding to said address, and reading out queuing data and storing the read out data into the data field of the received data packet and outputting the received data packet, or writing the contents of the data field of the received data packet into the region corresponding to said address as said queuing data depending upon the determination result, and the queuing control means further for, if the instruction information stored in the received data packet is not said prescribed instruction information, outputting the received data packet without processing.
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