FR2407519B1 - CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT THAT CAN EXECUTE VARIABLE LENGTH INSTRUCTIONS - Google Patents

CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT THAT CAN EXECUTE VARIABLE LENGTH INSTRUCTIONS

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Publication number
FR2407519B1
FR2407519B1 FR7830344A FR7830344A FR2407519B1 FR 2407519 B1 FR2407519 B1 FR 2407519B1 FR 7830344 A FR7830344 A FR 7830344A FR 7830344 A FR7830344 A FR 7830344A FR 2407519 B1 FR2407519 B1 FR 2407519B1
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Prior art keywords
processing unit
central processing
variable length
length instructions
execute variable
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FR7830344A
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French (fr)
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FR2407519A1 (en
Inventor
William D Strecker
Richard F Lary
Steven F Rothman
Thomas N Hastings
David P Rodgers
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Digital Equipment Corp
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Digital Equipment Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/34—Addressing or accessing the instruction operand or the result ; Formation of operand address; Addressing modes
    • G06F9/355—Indexed addressing
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/30145—Instruction analysis, e.g. decoding, instruction word fields
    • G06F9/3016—Decoding the operand specifier, e.g. specifier format
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/30145—Instruction analysis, e.g. decoding, instruction word fields
    • G06F9/3016—Decoding the operand specifier, e.g. specifier format
    • G06F9/30167—Decoding the operand specifier, e.g. specifier format of immediate specifier, e.g. constants
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/38—Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline, look ahead
    • G06F9/3802—Instruction prefetching
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/38—Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline, look ahead
    • G06F9/3818—Decoding for concurrent execution
    • G06F9/3822—Parallel decoding, e.g. parallel decode units
FR7830344A 1977-10-25 1978-10-25 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT THAT CAN EXECUTE VARIABLE LENGTH INSTRUCTIONS Expired FR2407519B1 (en)

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FR2407519B1 true FR2407519B1 (en) 1987-08-28

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AU (1) AU518656B2 (en)
BR (1) BR7807060A (en)
CA (1) CA1114515A (en)
DE (1) DE2846520A1 (en)
ES (1) ES474427A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2407519B1 (en)
GB (1) GB2007887B (en)
IN (1) IN150275B (en)

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AU518656B2 (en) 1981-10-15
ES474427A1 (en) 1979-04-16
GB2007887A (en) 1979-05-23
JPS5484943A (en) 1979-07-06
GB2007887B (en) 1982-07-28
DE2846520C2 (en) 1991-10-24
BR7807060A (en) 1979-07-17
FR2407519A1 (en) 1979-05-25
AU4104578A (en) 1980-05-01
CA1114515A (en) 1981-12-15
DE2846520A1 (en) 1979-04-26
IN150275B (en) 1982-08-28
JPS5931733B2 (en) 1984-08-03

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