System Core for Transferring Data Between an External Device and Memory

A method comprising:

• loading a block of instructions in a first memory, wherein the block of instructions comprises a first load very long instruction word (LV) instruction followed by N simplex instructions;
• receiving the first LV instruction fetched from the first memory in an unmasked first processor, wherein the unmasked first processor is configured with a count value of N and a first address in a first very long instruction word (VLIW) memory (VIM) in response to the received first LV instruction;
• receiving the first LV instruction in a masked second processor, wherein a configuration of the masked second processor is unaffected;
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• loading each of the N simplex instructions fetched from the first memory in a simplex instruction slot at the first address in the first VIM to create a first VLIW having the N simplex instructions.

A program memory for storing non-transitory processor instructions, the program memory comprising:

• program steps for loading a block of instructions in a first memory, wherein the block of instructions comprises a load very long instruction word (LV) instruction followed by N simplex instructions;
• program steps for receiving the LV instruction from the first memory in a processor, wherein the processor is configured with a count value of N and address information to identify a location in a very long instruction word (VLIW) memory (VIM) in response to the LV instruction fetched from the first memory;
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• program steps for loading each of the N simplex instructions fetched from the first memory in a simplex instruction slot at the location in the VIM to create a VLIW having the N simplex instructions.