MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647024660 A) filed by Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, on March 2, for 'processing unit employing micro-operations (micro-ops) random access memory (ram) as main program memory.'
Inventor(s) include Borkar, Shekhar Yeshwant; Borkar, Nitin Yeshwant; and Khan, Rishi.
The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Aspects disclosed in the detailed description include a processing unit (PU) employing micro-operations (micro-ops) random access memory (RAM) as main program memory. The micro-ops RAM comprises row circuits each associated with a micro-op and configured to store control signal parameters and output ports configured to be coupled to a register file and one or more execution units. In contrast to fetching and decoding instructions of an ISA in a conventional PU, the processing unit loads a main program comprising micro-ops into the row circuits of the micro-ops RAM. When executing an individual micro-op of the main program, the processing unit activates a row circuit in the micro-ops RAM to cause its stored control signal parameters to be communicated through the output ports of the micro-ops RAM to the register file and/or the one or more execution units and avoids the need for a decoding stage circuit, advantageously decreasing processing latency."
The patent application was internationally filed on Sept. 12, 2024, under International application No.PCT/US2024/046389.
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