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Method and apparatus for processing storage instructions

US10901745B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Cedric Lichtenau · Stuttgart, DE
Peter Altevogt · Ettlingen, DE
Thomas Pflueger · Echterdingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 10, 2018
Grant date	Jan 26, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 2, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/3818
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A processor unit for processing storage instructions. The processor unit comprises a detection logic unit configured to identify at least two storage instructions for moving addressable words between registers of the processor unit and neighboring storage locations. The processor unit further comprises a combination unit configured to combine the identified instructions into a single combined instruction; and a data movement unit configured to move the words using the combined instruction.

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