PATENT FAMILY
Microprocessor Shifter Circuits Utilizing Butterfly and Inverse Butterfly Circuits, and Control Circuits Therefor
Architectural microprocessor shifter designs enabling advanced bit-level permutation and manipulation operations through butterfly-based routing structures.
Overview
This patent family introduces microprocessor shifter architectures that use butterfly and inverse butterfly circuit structures to perform advanced bit-level operations efficiently within the processor data path.
The inventions enable flexible bit permutation, extraction, deposit, rotation, and mixing operations using hardware-efficient routing mechanisms, expanding the computational capabilities of general-purpose processors.
Patents in This Family
US 8,285,766 B2 | Issued: October 9, 2012
Introduces butterfly-based shifter architectures enabling advanced bit permutation within microprocessors.
US 9,134,953 B2 | Issued: September 15, 2015
Extends and refines butterfly and inverse butterfly control mechanisms for broader bit manipulation capabilities.
Core Architectural Coverage
Butterfly and inverse butterfly routing structures within processor shifters
Hardware-efficient bit permutation and mixing operations
Support for extract, deposit, rotate, and shift instructions
Integration within existing microprocessor datapaths
Architectural expansion of processor-level bit manipulation capabilities
Claim Scope Across the Family
Foundational butterfly-based shifter architecture
Extended control circuitry for flexible bit-level operations
Variations spanning instruction-level implementation
Layered protection across multiple issued patents
Potential Applications
Cryptographic and encryption-related operations
Data compression and encoding systems
Multimedia and signal processing workloads
High-performance and parallel computing environments
Licensing & Collaboration
This patent family is available for licensing and strategic collaboration.