COMPRESSED INSTRUCTION FORMAT

A technique for decoding an instruction in a variable-length instruction set. In one embodiment, an instruction encoding is described, in which legacy, present, and future instruction set extensions are supported, and increased functionality is provided, without expanding the code size and, in some...

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Main Authors VALENTINE ROBERT, ORENSTEIN DORON, TOLL BRETT L
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 16.10.2014
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A technique for decoding an instruction in a variable-length instruction set. In one embodiment, an instruction encoding is described, in which legacy, present, and future instruction set extensions are supported, and increased functionality is provided, without expanding the code size and, in some cases, reducing the code size.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201414307468