Extending immediate operands across plural computer instructions with indication of how many instructions are used to store the immediate operand
US6826676B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 19, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 30, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 9, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3851
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A programmable processing system includes a first processor for executing a first portion of an instruction, a second processor for executing a second portion of the instruction, where the second portion of the instruction is interpreted by the first processor as an extension to an immediate operand field included in the first portion of the instruction.
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