Microprogrammable instruction translator
US4388682A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 4, 1979 |
| Grant date | Jun 14, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 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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