摘要 |
<p>Data processing apparatus having a pipeline structure comprises a plurality of pipeline stages, a pipeline bus for serially coupling the pipeline stages, an input portion for applying data to be processed to a first pipeline stage, an output portion for taking out data which has been processed in the pipeline stages, a common bus coupled to the input portion and the output portion and having a plurality of coupling portions to which the pipeline stages are coupled, a first circuit for designing at least one pipeline stage, a second circuit for coupling the designated pipeline stege to the associated coupling portion of the common bus, and a third circuit for setting data on the common bus in the designated pipeline stage and/or for reading out data of the designated pipeline stage to the common bus. </p> |