AU2002227071A1 - Method and apparatus for processing variable length instructions - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for processing variable length instructions

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AU2002227071A1
AU2002227071A1 AU2002227071A AU2707102A AU2002227071A1 AU 2002227071 A1 AU2002227071 A1 AU 2002227071A1 AU 2002227071 A AU2002227071 A AU 2002227071A AU 2707102 A AU2707102 A AU 2707102A AU 2002227071 A1 AU2002227071 A1 AU 2002227071A1
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variable length
length instructions
processing variable
instructions
processing
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AU2002227071A
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Stepan Sokolov
David Wallman
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Sun Microsystems Inc
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Sun Microsystems Inc
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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
    • G06F9/38—Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline or look ahead
    • G06F9/3802—Instruction prefetching
    • G06F9/3808—Instruction prefetching for instruction reuse, e.g. trace cache, branch target cache
    • G06F9/381—Loop buffering
    • 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
    • G06F9/30149—Instruction analysis, e.g. decoding, instruction word fields of variable length instructions

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Software Systems (AREA)
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  • Advance Control (AREA)
  • Executing Machine-Instructions (AREA)
AU2002227071A 2000-11-30 2001-11-27 Method and apparatus for processing variable length instructions Abandoned AU2002227071A1 (en)

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US09/728,737 2000-11-30
US09/728,737 US6742109B2 (en) 2000-11-30 2000-11-30 Method and apparatus for representing variable-size computer instructions
PCT/US2001/045062 WO2002044894A2 (en) 2000-11-30 2001-11-27 Method and apparatus for processing variable length instructions

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AU (1) AU2002227071A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2384090B (en)
WO (1) WO2002044894A2 (en)

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GB2384090A (en) 2003-07-16
WO2002044894A2 (en) 2002-06-06
WO2002044894A3 (en) 2002-12-12
GB0308869D0 (en) 2003-05-21
GB2384090B (en) 2005-02-16
US6742109B2 (en) 2004-05-25

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