Method and apparatus for performing a pseudo branch in a microword controlled computer system
US4802088A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 11, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 11, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/267
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A microword controlled computer system with an apparatus for performing a pseudo branch. The pseudo branch involves the re-execution of a selected microword in a microword register. The computer system comprises a microword register, N control stores, an apparatus for selectively transferring a microword from one of the N control stores to the microword register, an apparatus coupled to said microword register for executing each microword in said microword register and an apparatus for branching to N+1 targets wherein each one of N of said N+1 targets comprises a microword from one of said N control stores and one of said N+1 targets is a current microword in said microword register.
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