Method for forming variable length instructions in a...

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2008-05-20

2008-05-20

Ellis, Richard (Department: 2183)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing

Instruction decoding

Decoding instruction to accommodate variable length...

Reexamination Certificate

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07376814

ABSTRACT:
Variable length instructions are formed for execution in a processing system. Each instruction includes a parameter portion having one or more of predetermined types of parameters and an opcode portion. The opcode portion specifies an operation to be performed, the number of parameters in the instruction, and definitive characteristics of the parameters. The parameters may represent data which is compressible, thereby enabling the size of parameters in an instruction to be reduced.

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