摘要 |
The present invention is directed toward reconfigurable barrel shifters and rotators. A barrel shifter comprises an array of multiplexers, the array having a plurality of inputs and a plurality of outputs and wherein the array of multiplexers is configured to rotate a set of n input messages applied to the inputs by a selected number of positions at the outputs and wherein the number n of messages contained in the set is selectable from among a plurality of values, by changing only select control signal inputs to the array of multiplexers. |