Re: binutils-2.16.1

Anders M Montonen <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.ports.game-cube.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> ISTR Nintendo filed a patent regarding the Gekko extensions. However a
> search on uspto.gov doesn't bring up anything conclusive. Do you have
> any patent numbers and/or related documentation I could work with?

6,571,328 Method and apparatus for obtaining a scalar value directly from
a vector register
6,681,296 Method and apparatus for software management of on-chip cache
6,701,424 Method and apparatus for efficient loading and storing of
vectors

IBM's Hot Chips presentation:
<http://www.hotchips.org/archives/hc13/2_Mon/06ibm-gekko.pdf>

Regards,
Anders Montonen


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