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Don't worry, they're going to have to release it again. This zip contains many files with copyright (c) Broadcom (and other companies) missing the 3-clause BSD license.

On an unrelated note, x86 looks like RISC compared to this chip assembly language :)

   vmul  -,H(1,0),3 CLRA ACC
   vadd  HX(3,0),H(0,0),2 ACC
   
   vasr  H(0++,0),HX(2++,0),2 REP 2
   ;vmov  H(0++,0),0 REP 2
   vst  H(0++,0),(r0+=r3) REP 2 
   add   r0,16
   addcmpblt r5,1,r1,loopacross

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The vector register file is a block of registers 64 bytes across by 64 down which can be accessed horizontally (H) or vertically (V), and in units of 16 bytes (H8), 16 shorts (H16 or HX), or 16 32-bit words (H32).

Each processor has an accumulator that can be cleared (CLRA) or used (ACC).

This code is basically equivalent to the following C code:

    uint8 in[2][16];
    int16 temp[2][16];
    int32 r1,r3,r5;
    uint8 *r0;
    do {
        ... code omitted
	// vmul  -,H(1,0),3 CLRA ACC
	// vadd  HX(3,0),H(0,0),2 ACC
	for(x=0;x<16;x++) {
	  temp[x]=inb[1][x]*3+in[0][x]+2;
	}
	//vasr  H(0++,0),HX(2++,0),2 REP 2
	//vst  H(0++,0),(r0+=r3) REP 2 
	for(y=0;y<2;y++) {
	  for(x=0;x<16;x++) {
		in[y][x] = temp[y][x]>>2;
		r0[y*r3+x] = in[y][x];
	  }
	}   
	//   add   r0,16
	//   addcmpblt r5,1,r1,loopacross
	r0 += 16;
	r5 += 1;
    } while (r5<r1);

This is code for the vector processor. This is not the same as the GPU cores which use a different architecture and instruction set (based around floating point calculations).

I made a back of the envelop design of a arch that used the same technique in college. Way cool to see it in practice.

This project of yours look really cool, https://github.com/peterderivaz/pymeta3

What do you think about http://www.myhdl.org/doku.php ?

Wow, a selectable row-major or column-major register file! I would have never imagined such a thing. =)

Fancy meeting you here :)

Looks like SSE2 or SSE3 with a different syntax and vector support.

What/where is the assembler thar is used compile this code?

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