Processor with hierarchal memory and using meta-instructions for software control of loading, unloading and execution of machine instructions stored in the cache
US5187793A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 9, 1989 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 9, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/0802
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An instruction caching system comprises meta-instructions which are contained within the program being executed. A meta-machine, which is a small segment of software, executes the meta-instructions and passes control to the processor itself at appropriate times to execute blocks of instructions from the instruction cache.
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