Microprocessor having external control store

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A central processing unit (CPU) 10 comprises an external control memory for storing microinstructions which correspond to macroinstructions read from a system memory. The microinstructions are 56 bits in length and are read in 28-bit segments. CPU 10 also comprises an internal memory management unit (MMU) 18 which comprises a plurality of address translation entry (ATE) registers four of which are permanent and sixteen of which are temporary in that the storage of a new translation entry occurs in a least recently used temporary translation entry register. CPU 10 also comprises a plurality of status register bits, some of which are settable only by predefined microinstructions. All of the status register bits are branchable. CPU 10 further comprises a condition code register the state of which may be determined by input signal pins. CPU 10 also comprises address generation logic which may generate a 24, 31 or 32 bit address upon a 32-bit address bus. The address generation logic is further operable for generating a memory storage address; the data being supplied by external logic, such as a coprocessor.

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