GB2452151B - Instruction length determination device and method using concatenate bits to determine an instruction length in a multi-mode processor - Google Patents

Instruction length determination device and method using concatenate bits to determine an instruction length in a multi-mode processor

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GB2452151B
GB2452151B GB0815165.6A GB0815165A GB2452151B GB 2452151 B GB2452151 B GB 2452151B GB 0815165 A GB0815165 A GB 0815165A GB 2452151 B GB2452151 B GB 2452151B
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instruction length
determination device
mode processor
concatenate
bits
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Lian Sung
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Sunplus Technology Co Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; 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
    • G06F9/30152—Determining start or end of instruction; determining instruction length
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; 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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; 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
    • G06F9/3816—Instruction alignment, e.g. cache line crossing

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GB0815165.6A 2007-08-20 2008-08-20 Instruction length determination device and method using concatenate bits to determine an instruction length in a multi-mode processor Expired - Fee Related GB2452151B (en)

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TW096130683A TW200910195A (en) 2007-08-20 2007-08-20 A device of using serial bits to determine instruction length at a multi-mode processor and the method thereof

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US6651160B1 (en) * 2000-09-01 2003-11-18 Mips Technologies, Inc. Register set extension for compressed instruction set
US20040128478A1 (en) * 2001-04-26 2004-07-01 Heimo Hartlieb Method for identifying a correct command entry address when using command words of different length
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US20090055629A1 (en) 2009-02-26
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