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System for controlling data flow

US4488224A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 10, 1982
Grant dateDec 11, 1984
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/30072
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A control system is described for controlling the flow of multi-format, multi-bit macroinstructions for loading data into registers. The control system is adapted to: (A) control microprogram flow of instructions based on data within a floating point macroinstruction, (B) speed up macroinstruction flow as a function of data within various fields of the macroinstruction, and (C) speed up macroinstruction branches.

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