DATA FORMATTER

摘要

A data formatter, which can be used to provide data and instructions to a dataflow processor, such as a systolic array of processing elements. The data formatter includes a bus control unit, an address generation unit, a shift register unit, and may also include an instruction fetch unit. The data formatter performs two primary functions; (1) extracting word-sequentially data structures from a memory space in an ordered manner to which instructions are appended and bit-serially outputting a parallel set of 2-tuples to a suitable interface, (2) from an interface, inputting a parallel data structure whose elements are in bit-serial form and outputting the data structure in word-sequential form to a memory space in an ordered manner.