Patent ID: 7269616

Claim:
A transitive processing unit (“TPU”) circuit configurable to function as a part of an array of TPU circuits, the TPU circuit comprising: a multiplier circuit comprising a first operand input for receiving a portion of a first operand and a second operand input for receiving a portion of a second operand, the multiplier circuit further configured to receive a portion of a left-immediate result generated by a left-TPU circuit to the left of the TPU circuit if present in the array, and a portion of an above-partial product from an above-TPU circuit above the TPU circuit if present in the array, where the multiplier circuit generates a portion of an immediate result and a portion of a partial product; and a pipeline circuit configured to temporally store the first operand input and the second operand input to generate the portion of the immediate result and the portion of a partial product at a specific point in time.