GB2349252B - An apparatus and method for detecting and decompressing instructions from a variable-length compressed instruction set - Google Patents
An apparatus and method for detecting and decompressing instructions from a variable-length compressed instruction setInfo
- Publication number
- GB2349252B GB2349252B GB0018379A GB0018379A GB2349252B GB 2349252 B GB2349252 B GB 2349252B GB 0018379 A GB0018379 A GB 0018379A GB 0018379 A GB0018379 A GB 0018379A GB 2349252 B GB2349252 B GB 2349252B
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- United Kingdom
- Prior art keywords
- variable
- detecting
- instruction set
- compressed instruction
- length compressed
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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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
- G06F9/3017—Runtime instruction translation, e.g. macros
- G06F9/30178—Runtime instruction translation, e.g. macros of compressed or encrypted instructions
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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
- G06F9/30145—Instruction analysis, e.g. decoding, instruction word fields
- G06F9/30156—Special purpose encoding of instructions, e.g. Gray coding
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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
- G06F9/30145—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
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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
- G06F9/30181—Instruction operation extension or modification
- G06F9/30189—Instruction operation extension or modification according to execution mode, e.g. mode flag
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- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Software Systems (AREA)
- Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
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- Executing Machine-Instructions (AREA)
Priority Applications (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB0028856A GB2354354B (en) | 1996-06-10 | 1997-06-10 | An apparatus and method for detecting and decompressing instructions form a variable-length compressed instruction set |
Applications Claiming Priority (5)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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US66102796A | 1996-06-10 | 1996-06-10 | |
US08/659,709 US5794010A (en) | 1996-06-10 | 1996-06-10 | Method and apparatus for allowing execution of both compressed instructions and decompressed instructions in a microprocessor |
US08/661,003 US5896519A (en) | 1996-06-10 | 1996-06-10 | Apparatus for detecting instructions from a variable-length compressed instruction set having extended and non-extended instructions |
US08/659,708 US5905893A (en) | 1996-06-10 | 1996-06-10 | Microprocessor adapted for executing both a non-compressed fixed length instruction set and a compressed variable length instruction set |
GB9825726A GB2329495B (en) | 1996-06-10 | 1997-06-10 | An apparatus and method for detecting and decompressing instructions from a variable-length compressed instruction set |
Publications (3)
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GB0018379D0 GB0018379D0 (en) | 2000-09-13 |
GB2349252A GB2349252A (en) | 2000-10-25 |
GB2349252B true GB2349252B (en) | 2001-02-14 |
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GB0018379A Expired - Fee Related GB2349252B (en) | 1996-06-10 | 1997-06-10 | An apparatus and method for detecting and decompressing instructions from a variable-length compressed instruction set |
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Families Citing this family (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB2366643B (en) * | 2000-05-25 | 2002-05-01 | Siroyan Ltd | Methods of compressing instructions for processors |
GB2478726B (en) * | 2010-03-15 | 2013-12-25 | Advanced Risc Mach Ltd | Mapping between registers used by multiple instruction sets |
GB2540971B (en) | 2015-07-31 | 2018-03-14 | Advanced Risc Mach Ltd | Graphics processing systems |
CN111381877B (en) * | 2018-12-28 | 2022-12-02 | 上海寒武纪信息科技有限公司 | Decompress instruction decoding method, data processing method, decoder and data processing device |
Citations (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US4437149A (en) * | 1980-11-17 | 1984-03-13 | International Business Machines Corporation | Cache memory architecture with decoding |
JPH07121352A (en) * | 1993-10-21 | 1995-05-12 | Canon Inc | Arithmetic processor |
GB2284492A (en) * | 1993-12-06 | 1995-06-07 | Graeme Roy Smith | Data processor with instruction decompression unit |
GB2289353A (en) * | 1994-05-03 | 1995-11-15 | Advanced Risc Mach Ltd | Data processing with multiple instruction sets. |
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Patent Citations (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US4437149A (en) * | 1980-11-17 | 1984-03-13 | International Business Machines Corporation | Cache memory architecture with decoding |
JPH07121352A (en) * | 1993-10-21 | 1995-05-12 | Canon Inc | Arithmetic processor |
GB2284492A (en) * | 1993-12-06 | 1995-06-07 | Graeme Roy Smith | Data processor with instruction decompression unit |
GB2289353A (en) * | 1994-05-03 | 1995-11-15 | Advanced Risc Mach Ltd | Data processing with multiple instruction sets. |
Non-Patent Citations (1)
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14 Annual Int. Symp. on Computer Architecture, Conf. Proc., 1987, IEEE, pp 309-319 * |
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Legal Events
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PCNP | Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee |
Effective date: 20140610 |