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                     Appeal No. 2005-2273                                                                                                             Page 3                            
                     Application No. 10/319,026                                                                                                                                         



                                           a vector transfer unit coupled to the register tile, wherein the vector                                                                      
                                transfer unit comprises a dual port memory for storing vector data and a                                                                                
                                vector transfer execution unit coupled to the dual port memory, wherein                                                                                 
                                the vector transfer execution unit comprises a vector transfer instruction                                                                              
                                queue for storing load/store and move vector data instructions;                                                                                         
                                           wherein the vector transfer execution unit transfers vector data                                                                             
                                between a main memory and the dual port memory in response to the                                                                                       
                                vector transfer execution unit executing a load/store vector data instruction                                                                           
                                stored in the vector transfer instruction queue;                                                                                                        
                                           wherein the vector transfer execution unit transfers vector data                                                                             
                                between the dual port memory and one or more registers of the register                                                                                  
                                file in response to the vector transfer execution unit executing a move                                                                                 
                                vector data instruction stored in the vector transfer instruction queue.                                                                                


                                Claims 21, 22, and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over                                                                           
                     U.S. Patent No. 5,689,653 ("Karp") and U.S. Patent No. 5,487,156 ("Popescu"), with a                                                                               
                     definition of the term "cache" from the Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing                                                                                       
                     ("FOLDOC") cited as extrinsic evidence.  Claims 23, 24, 25a, and 25b stand rejected                                                                                
                     under § 103(a) as obvious over Karp; Popescu; and U.S. Patent No. 4,594,682                                                                                        
                     ("Drimak"), with FOLDOC cited as extrinsic evidence.                                                                                                               





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