Method and apparatus for explicitly evaluating conditions in a data processor
US4914581A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 26, 1987 |
| Grant date | Apr 3, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 26, 2007 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/30094
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a data processor, the conditions associated with an operand are evaluated only in response to the execution of a special instruction. The results of this evaluation is provided as a result operand and stored in a general purpose destination register. The evaluated conditions are each provided in discrete form, that is, unencoded, rather than in encoded form.
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