Variable clocked serial array processor

摘要

A serial array processor may have an execution unit, which is comprised of a multiplicity of single bit arithmetic logic units (ALUs), and which may perform parallel operations on a subset of all the words in memory by serially accessing and processing them, one bit at a time, while an instruction unit of the processor is pre-fetching the next instruction, a word at a time, in a manner orthogonal to the execution unit.

主权项

1. A processor including:
an instruction unit; an operation unit configured to execute each of a series of operations, respective operations of the series of operations requiring respective pluralities of clock cycles to complete; and at least one memory; wherein a configuration of hardware within the operation unit is changed prior to executing each respective operation of the series of operations, and wherein clock frequencies of the respective pluralities of clock cycles are changed for respective operations of the series of operations.