| 摘要 |
A plurality of units identified by respective addresses are disposed in a register file. Each of the units has a data register for storing data representative of a result of an arithmetic operation, a register for storing an overflow flag indicating the presence or absence of an occurrence of overflow in the arithmetic operation, and a register for storing a sign flag providing an indication of which one of a positive and a negative saturation value should replace the arithmetic operation result in the presence of an occurrence of overflow in the arithmetic operation. Each of the flags is updated in response to a write signal concerning its corresponding register. If at the moment when a data register is fed a read signal, a corresponding overflow flag is set, then either a positive or a negative saturation value, whichever corresponds to the sign flag, is generated on the input side of an arithmetic unit.
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