Compressing microcode
US7095342B1 · kind B1 · utility
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29Claims
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 31, 2005 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03M7/3084
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method to compress data stored in a memory to reduce size and power consumption. The method includes segmenting each word of a code portion into multiple fields, forming tables having unique entries for each of the fields, and assigning a pointer to each of the unique entries in each of the tables. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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