Long instruction word processing with instruction extensions
US7418575B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 12, 2005 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 25, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3897
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for adding reconfigurable computational instructions to a computer, the system comprising a processor operable to execute a set of instructions of a computer program comprising a set of computational instructions and long instruction word instructions with at least one of the long instruction word instructions comprising an instruction extension, an extension adapter coupled to the processor and operable to detect the execution of the instruction extension, and programmable logic coupled to the extension adapter and operable to receive configuration data for defining the instruction extension and execute the instruction extension.
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