US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on Nov. 25 for "Vector maximum and minimum with indexing" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,503, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Vector maximum and minimum with indexing" was invented by Duc Bui (Grand Prairie, Texas), Peter Richard Dent (Bournemouth, Great Britain) and Timothy D. Anderson (University Park, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to compare first and second source data in a processor in response to a vector maximum with indexing instruction includes specifying first and second source registers containing first and second source data, a destination register storing compared data, and a predicate register. Each of the registers includes a plurality of lanes. The meth...