Method and apparatus for utilizing condensed instructions
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRichard Bealkowski, Michael R. Turner
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for executing a condensed instruction stream by a processor including receiving an instruction including an instruction identifier and multiple of instruction synonyms within the instruction, generating at least one full width instruction for each instruction synonym, and executing by the processor the generated full width instructions.
Claims15
A computer system for executing a condensed instruction stream comprising:
- a processor for executing instructions;
- a memory for storing instructions for execution by said processor;
- means for receiving an instruction including an instruction identifier and a plurality of instruction synonyms within the instruction;
- means for generating at least one full width instruction for each instruction synonym;
- and
- means for executing by said processor said generated full width instructions.
A method of executing a condensed instruction stream by a processor comprising the steps of:
- receiving an instruction including an instruction identifier and a plurality of instruction synonyms within the instruction;
- generating at least one full width instruction for each instruction synonym;
- and
- executing by said processor said generated full width instructions.
An apparatus for executing a condensed instruction stream by a processor comprising:
- means for receiving an instruction including an instruction identifier and a plurality of instruction synonyms within the instruction;
- means for generating at least one full width instruction for each instruction synonym;
- and
- means for executing by said processor said generated full width instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.