Patent ID: 11941399
Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A device comprising:
a processor that includes:
a functional unit; and
a predicate register file; and

a memory controller coupled to the processor and configured to couple to a memory, wherein the memory controller includes:
a head register; and
a valid register, wherein the memory controller is configured to:
retrieve a first data vector from the memory;
produce a second data vector that includes the first data vector;
store a subset of the second data vector in the head register;
store a set of validity indicators associated with the second data vector in the valid register; and
in response to a read instruction from the processor:
provide an element of the second data vector from the head register to the functional unit of the processor; and
provide a validity indicator of the set of validity indicators from the valid register to the predicate register file of the processor.