Processor utilizing a template field for encoding instruction se

Details Processor utilizing a template field for encoding instruction se Processor utilizing a template field for encoding instruction se

1997-10-13

1999-07-13

Ellis, Richard L.

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing

Processing architecture

Long instruction word

712203, 712209, G06F 938

Patent

active

059220651

ABSTRACT:
A processor having a large register file utilizes a template field for ening a set of most useful instruction sequences in a long instruction word format. The instruction set of the processor includes instructions which are one of the plurality of different instruction types. The execution units of the processor are similarly categorized into different types, wherein each instruction type may be executed on one or more of the execution unit types. The instructions are grouped together into 128-bit sized and aligned containers called bundles, with each bundle includes a plurality of instruction slots and a template field that specifies the mapping of the instruction slots to the execution unit types.

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