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Microprogrammable instruction translator

US4388682A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 4, 1979
Grant dateJun 14, 1983
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Expiry dateSep 4, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/30174
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An instruction translator which translates an instruction to a sequence of microinstruction addresses. The position and size of fields from the instruction translated into a particular next microinstruction address are determined by fields in the currently executing microinstruction. Different instruction sets may be executed by reprogramming the microinstructions.

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