ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,541, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).
"Multiple multiplication units in a data path" was invented by Mujibur Rahman (Plano, Texas), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, Texas) and Soujanya Narnur (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processor is provided that includes a first multiplication unit in a first data path of the processor, the first multiplication unit configured to perform single issue multiply instructions, and a second multiplication unit in the first data path, the second multiplication unit configured to perform single issue multiply instructions, wherein the first mul...