DE69728495D1 - Vliw-prozessor zur verarbeitung eines komprimierten instruktionsformats - Google Patents

Vliw-prozessor zur verarbeitung eines komprimierten instruktionsformats

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DE69728495D1
DE69728495D1 DE69728495T DE69728495T DE69728495D1 DE 69728495 D1 DE69728495 D1 DE 69728495D1 DE 69728495 T DE69728495 T DE 69728495T DE 69728495 T DE69728495 T DE 69728495T DE 69728495 D1 DE69728495 D1 DE 69728495D1
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processing
instruction format
vliw processor
compressed instruction
compressed
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Expired - Lifetime
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DE69728495T
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DE69728495T2 (de
Inventor
Eino Jacobs
Michael Ang
Hari Hampapuram
C Lee
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NXP BV
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Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV
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Priority claimed from US08/648,359 external-priority patent/US5852741A/en
Priority claimed from US08/649,731 external-priority patent/US5787302A/en
Priority claimed from US08/649,733 external-priority patent/US5826054A/en
Application filed by Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV filed Critical Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV
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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
    • G06F9/3818—Decoding for concurrent execution
    • G06F9/3822—Parallel decoding, e.g. parallel decode units
    • 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
    • G06F9/30003—Arrangements for executing specific machine instructions
    • G06F9/30072—Arrangements for executing specific machine instructions to perform conditional operations, e.g. using predicates or guards
    • 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
    • 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 or look ahead
    • G06F9/3885—Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline or look ahead using a plurality of independent parallel functional units

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Software Systems (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Executing Machine-Instructions (AREA)
  • Advance Control (AREA)
  • Memory System Of A Hierarchy Structure (AREA)
DE69728495T 1996-05-15 1997-05-15 Vliw-prozessor zur verarbeitung eines komprimierten instruktionsformats Expired - Lifetime DE69728495T2 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (7)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US08/648,359 US5852741A (en) 1996-05-15 1996-05-15 VLIW processor which processes compressed instruction format
US649733 1996-05-15
US08/649,731 US5787302A (en) 1996-05-15 1996-05-15 Software for producing instructions in a compressed format for a VLIW processor
US649731 1996-05-15
US08/649,733 US5826054A (en) 1996-05-15 1996-05-15 Compressed Instruction format for use in a VLIW processor
US648359 1996-05-15
PCT/IB1997/000558 WO1997043710A2 (en) 1996-05-15 1997-05-15 Vliw processor which processes compressed instruction format

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DE69728495D1 true DE69728495D1 (de) 2004-05-13
DE69728495T2 DE69728495T2 (de) 2005-02-24

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EP (1) EP0843848B1 (de)
JP (1) JP3750821B2 (de)
DE (1) DE69728495T2 (de)
WO (1) WO1997043710A2 (de)

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US6076154A (en) * 1998-01-16 2000-06-13 U.S. Philips Corporation VLIW processor has different functional units operating on commands of different widths
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WO2004097626A2 (en) * 2003-04-28 2004-11-11 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Parallel processing system
US7568070B2 (en) * 2005-07-29 2009-07-28 Qualcomm Incorporated Instruction cache having fixed number of variable length instructions
JP5206240B2 (ja) * 2008-08-29 2013-06-12 日本電気株式会社 情報処理装置および情報処理方法
KR101545701B1 (ko) * 2008-10-07 2015-08-19 삼성전자 주식회사 프로세서 및 그 명령어 번들 복원 방법
EP2473918B1 (de) 2009-09-04 2019-05-08 Intel Corporation Verfahren zur erzeugung eines satzes an befehlskompaktierungsschemata, verfahren zur kompaktierung eines programms nach dem erstellten satz und programmierbarer prozessor zur ausführung eines derartigen kompaktierten programms

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JP3750821B2 (ja) 2006-03-01
WO1997043710A2 (en) 1997-11-20
EP0843848A2 (de) 1998-05-27
DE69728495T2 (de) 2005-02-24
WO1997043710A3 (en) 1998-01-08
JPH11509664A (ja) 1999-08-24
EP0843848B1 (de) 2004-04-07

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8328 Change in the person/name/address of the agent

Representative=s name: EISENFUEHR, SPEISER & PARTNER, 10178 BERLIN

8327 Change in the person/name/address of the patent owner

Owner name: NXP B.V., EINDHOVEN, NL