BRANCH INSTRUCTION FOR PROCESSOR

A processor such as a parallel hardware-based multithreaded processor ( 12 ) is described. The processor ( 12 ) can execute a computer instruction that is a branch instruction that causes an instruction sequence in the processor to branch on any specified bit of a register ( 80, 78, 76 b) being set...

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Main Authors WHEELER, WILLIAM, WOLRICH, GILBERT, HOOPER, DONALD, ADILETTA, MATTHEW, J, BERNSTEIN, DEBRA
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 26.07.2006
Edition7
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A processor such as a parallel hardware-based multithreaded processor ( 12 ) is described. The processor ( 12 ) can execute a computer instruction that is a branch instruction that causes an instruction sequence in the processor to branch on any specified bit of a register ( 80, 78, 76 b) being set or cleared and which specifies which bit of the specified register to use as a branch control bit.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20000959717