User programmable circuit and method for data processing apparat

Details User programmable circuit and method for data processing apparat User programmable circuit and method for data processing apparat

1997-09-30

2000-03-28

An, Meng-Ai T.

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing

Architecture based instruction processing

Data flow based system

712201, 712206, 712213, 712 3, G06F 938

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active

060444533

ABSTRACT:
A programmable circuit and method for a data processing apparatus is provided that allows an entire instruction or instruction set to be modified. According to the present invention, the instruction can be modified, for example, during initialization or execution. The programmable circuit for a data processing apparatus can include a plurality of functional units, each functional unit performing a set of prescribed operations. A programmable circuit that is capable of modifying an entire instruction. A controller that decodes a current instruction to perform a corresponding instruction task using the plurality of functional units and a communications device coupling the functional units, the programmable circuit and the controller.

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