This application is related to U.S. application Ser. No. 09/545,182, entitled “METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING A SCALAR VALUE DIRECTLY FROM A VECTOR REGISTER” and U.S. application Ser. No. 09/545,184, entitled “METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT OF ON-CHIP CACHE”, filed by the same inventors on the same date as the instant application. Both of these related cases are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
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