MULTIMEDIA EXTENSIONS FOR GENERAL-PURPOSE …

For example, a 64-bit integer two’s-complement adder may be partitioned into four 16-bit subword integer adders, by merely blocking the carry at the three 16-bit boundaries. Such a partitionable adder allows four 16-bit adds, or a single 64-bit add, to be performed in a single processor cycle. ................
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