| CPC G06F 7/4876 (2013.01) [G06F 7/485 (2013.01); G06F 7/5443 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |

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1. A digital signal processor (DSP), comprising:
a fracturable multiplier;
a fracturable adder;
a fracturable variable shifter; and
at least one sign-extension block that is configured to provide sign extension across modes of the DSP comprising normal mode, dual-fracturing mode and quad-fracturing mode, wherein:
the fracturable multiplier, in the normal mode, comprises a 19×18 multiplier;
the fracturable multiplier, in the dual-fracturing mode, comprises an 11×10 multiplier for a most significant bit (MSB) lane and an 8×8 multiplier for a least significant bit (LSB) lane; or
the fracturable multiplier, in the quad-fracturing mode, comprises a 7×6 multiplier for the MSB lane and a 4×4 multiplier for each of three other lanes.
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