Microprocessor having apparatus for dynamically controlling a kind of operation to be performed by instructions to be executed
US5398319A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 11, 1992 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/30181
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A microprocessor including instruction decoding apparatus, instruction execution apparatus and information holding apparatus. The microprocessor performs a first step of storing information specifying the kind of operation to be performed by the instruction execution apparatus, upon execution of a first instruction, in the information holding apparatus and a second step of causing the instruction execution apparatus to perform the kind of operation specified by information stored in the information holding apparatus when a second instruction is decoded and includes information specifying that the operation to be performed by the instruction execution apparatus is the kind of operation specified by the information stored in the information holding apparatus.
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