Patent · US Active

Methods for generating code for an architecture encoding an extended register specification

US8312424B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by
25References
11Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateApr 3, 2008
Grant dateNov 13, 2012
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 14, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F8/447
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There are provided methods and computer program products for generating code for an architecture encoding an extended register specification. A method for generating code for a fixed-width instruction set includes identifying a non-contiguous register specifier. The method further includes generating a fixed-width instruction word that includes the non-contiguous register specifier.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.