Patent ID: 6487129
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A semiconductor apparatus comprising:a control unit with first and second data written therein; and a storage unit storing first and second mask data, comparison data, a source address, and a target address, wherein arbitrary data of the first and second mask data, the comparison data, the source address, and the target address are written into said storage unit having values â€œ0â€  initially written therein, and wherein the first data is extracted in accordance with the source address, a first operation is performed on the first data and the first mask data, the result of the first operation is compared with the comparison data, the second data is extracted in accordance with the target address, a second operation is performed on the second data and second mask data, and whether or not the result of the second operation is written into the second data is determined in accordance with the result of the comparison.