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Multiple byte processing with full-word instructions

By Leslie Lamport
Communications of the ACM, August 1975, Vol. 18 No. 8, Pages 471-475
10.1145/360933.360994
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A method is described which allows parallel processing of packed data items using only ordinary full-word computer instructions, even though the processing requires operations whose execution is contingent upon the value of a datum. It provides a useful technique for processing small data items such as alphanumeric characters.

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