Addressing modes and/or instructions and/or operating modes for on-the-fly, precision adjustment of packed data

摘要

The present invention relates to a method and system for on-the-fly precision adjustment of packed data. Specifically, on-the-fly precision adjustment of packed data includes operating on data that may be either packed or unpacked data. The method and system also may store at least one packed or unpacked result from the operated on data. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the method includes decoding an instruction, determining the instruction is to be executed using on-the-fly precision adjustment of packed data, executing the instruction using on-the-fly precision adjustment of packed data, and outputting at least one result from the executed instruction.