End bit markers for indicating the end of a variable length inst

Details End bit markers for indicating the end of a variable length inst End bit markers for indicating the end of a variable length inst

1994-09-06

1996-12-17

Geckil, Mehmet

Boots, shoes, and leggings

395800, 364DIG1, 3642741, 3642758, 36426281, G06F 900

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055862764

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for determining the length of an instruction being processed by a computer system when instructions vary in length and appear sequentially in an instruction stream without differentiation between instructions including apparatus for providing an end bit for each predesignated length of an instruction to indicate that the instruction ends at that point in its length, apparatus for setting the end bit at the particular predesignated length of the instruction which is the actual end of the instruction, a first channel for processing a first instruction in sequence, a second channel for processing an instruction next following the first instruction, and apparatus for looking at the end bits of an instruction being processed by the first channel to determine the end point of that instruction and the beginning of the next instruction from the stream of instructions.

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patent: 5113515 (1992-05-01), Fite et al.
patent: 5202972 (1993-04-01), Gusefski et al.

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