Patent attributes
An apparatus is described that includes an execution unit having a multiply add computation unit, a first ALU logic unit and a second ALU logic unit. The ALU unit is to perform first, second, third and fourth instructions. The first instruction is a multiply add instruction. The second instruction is to perform parallel ALU operations with the first and second ALU logic units operating simultaneously to produce different respective output resultants of the second instruction. The third instruction is to perform sequential ALU operations with one of the ALU logic units operating from an output of the other of the ALU logic units to determine an output resultant of the third instruction. The fourth instruction is to perform an iterative divide operation in which the first ALU logic unit and the second ALU logic unit operate during to determine first and second division resultant digit values.
