GB2354354B - An apparatus and method for detecting and decompressing instructions form a variable-length compressed instruction set - Google Patents

An apparatus and method for detecting and decompressing instructions form a variable-length compressed instruction set

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GB2354354B
GB2354354B GB0028856A GB0028856A GB2354354B GB 2354354 B GB2354354 B GB 2354354B GB 0028856 A GB0028856 A GB 0028856A GB 0028856 A GB0028856 A GB 0028856A GB 2354354 B GB2354354 B GB 2354354B
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Prior art keywords
variable
detecting
instruction set
compressed instruction
length compressed
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GB0028856A
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GB2354354A (en
Inventor
Frank Worrell
Hartvig Ekner
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LSI Corp
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LSI Logic Corp
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Priority claimed from US08/659,709 external-priority patent/US5794010A/en
Priority claimed from US08/661,003 external-priority patent/US5896519A/en
Priority claimed from US08/659,708 external-priority patent/US5905893A/en
Application filed by LSI Logic Corp filed Critical LSI Logic Corp
Priority claimed from GB0018379A external-priority patent/GB2349252B/en
Publication of GB0028856D0 publication Critical patent/GB0028856D0/en
Publication of GB2354354A publication Critical patent/GB2354354A/en
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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
    • 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
    • G06F9/30098—Register arrangements
    • G06F9/3012—Organisation of register space, e.g. banked or distributed register file
    • 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
    • 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
    • G06F9/30181—Instruction operation extension or modification
    • G06F9/30189—Instruction operation extension or modification according to execution mode, e.g. mode flag

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GB0028856A 1996-06-10 1997-06-10 An apparatus and method for detecting and decompressing instructions form a variable-length compressed instruction set Expired - Fee Related GB2354354B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
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
GB0018379A 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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GB0028856D0 GB0028856D0 (en) 2001-01-10
GB2354354A GB2354354A (en) 2001-03-21
GB2354354B true GB2354354B (en) 2001-05-02

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GB2284492A (en) * 1993-12-06 1995-06-07 Graeme Roy Smith Data processor with instruction decompression unit
WO1995027244A1 (en) * 1994-04-05 1995-10-12 Communicate Ltd. Computer system

Patent Citations (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2284492A (en) * 1993-12-06 1995-06-07 Graeme Roy Smith Data processor with instruction decompression unit
WO1995027244A1 (en) * 1994-04-05 1995-10-12 Communicate Ltd. Computer system

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