Patent ID: 6954842
Filing Date: 2005-10-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of condition generation comprising the steps of: receiving a first instruction having first and second operands containing packed data type elements, the packed data type elements in the first operand corresponding to the packed data type elements in the second operand and being associated with arithmetic condition flags (ACFs) from a set of ACFs; executing packed data operations specified in the first instruction on the corresponding packed data type elements; setting the associated ACFs based upon the results of the packed data operations; determining whether to execute a further packed data operation on packed data type elements received in a second instruction, at least one packed data type element received in the second instruction being associated with an ACF from the set of ACFs; and executing the further packed data operation on the at least one packed data type element if the ACF associated with the at least one packed data type element is set.