Patent ID: 8452944
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a first pipeline unit having a plurality of first nodes, and arranged to move first data held in each first node in a first direction to another of the plurality of first nodes; a second pipeline unit having a plurality of second nodes corresponding to the first nodes of the first pipeline unit, and arranged to move second data held in each second node in a second direction to another of the plurality of second nodes, where the second direction is opposite to the first direction; a first comparison unit arranged to compare first data held in a node of interest with second data held in a second node corresponding to the node of interest, where the node of interest is one of the first nodes of the first pipeline unit; and a second comparison unit arranged to compare the first data held in the node of interest with second data held in a second node located, on either an upstream side or a downstream side with respect to the second direction, one node along from the second node corresponding to the node of interest.