Indicating a length of an instruction of a variable length instruction set
US9606931B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 29, 2011 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 27, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/382
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Some implementations disclosed herein provide techniques and arrangements for indicating a length of an instruction from an instruction set that has variable length instructions. A plurality of bytes that include an instruction may be read from an instruction cache based on a logical instruction pointer. A determination is made whether a first byte of the plurality of bytes identifies a length of the instruction. In response to detecting that the first byte of the plurality of bytes identifies the length of the instruction, the instruction is read from the plurality of bytes based on the length of the instruction.
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