Condition register architecture for a primitive instruction set machine
US4589087A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 30, 1983 |
| Grant date | May 13, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/30094
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A mechanism including an expanded condition register for use in a reduced instruction set computing system which facilitates the performance of single machine cycle instructions on the system and further provides for the efficient execution of more complex instructions which are not susceptible of being completed in a single machine cycle. More particularly, a mechanism is provided for setting the bits of the expanded condition register whereby a more efficient restart is possible after a machine interrupt and whereby the results of intermediate operations of certain multistep logic and arithmetic operations are maintained in the condition register in order that the cycle time of such multistep operations may be kept to a minimum, and when necessary, may be executed with greater efficiency. Still more particularly, the condition register architecture provides for the efficient handling of multiply and divide operations and provides for the more efficient execution of certain decimal operations within such a reduced instruction set host computer system.
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